MAG teams in Lebanon have launched an emergency response to address new contamination arising from two months of intensive aerial bombardments and more than a year of sustained lower level conflict in the south of the country.
Following the ceasefire, the restoration of economic activity, health services, and improved humanitarian access are expected to reduce the demand for food and health support. However, infrastructure rehabilitation and winter heating are expected to remain priority needs in areas affected by damage.
WFP completed its November emergency cash assistance cycle, leveraging existing safety nets to support an additional 36,000 Lebanese people affected by the conflict. In total, WFP provided emergency cash assistance to 247,000 affected Lebanese people during the November cycle.
The Household-Level Rapid Vulnerability and Needs Assessment (RNA) was conducted to identify the most urgent needs of internally displaced persons (IDPs) across Lebanon, focusing on food security, shelter, healthcare, water, and protection, to inform targeted humanitarian interventions.
In light of the evolving regional context, IOM is closely monitoring internal and cross-border movement dynamics, assessing changing needs, and continues to address the immediate humanitarian needs of those affected by the conflict.
Since the onset of cross-border attacks on October 8, 2023, tensions along the Israel-Lebanon border have significantly intensified with nearly 100,000 internally displaced people in Lebanon because of the conflict.
The Humanitarian Country Team in Lebanon, led by the Humanitarian Coordinator and supplementing national efforts, continues to respond to the humanitarian needs of the people affected by the increase in hostilities in Lebanon.
Four separate air strikes by Israeli forces, which killed at least 49 civilians and decimated entire families in Lebanon, must be investigated as war crimes, Amnesty International said today.
On 26 November, another UNFPA-supported safe space was destroyed in Sour, South Lebanon. The facility provided services to hundreds of women and girls, including survivors of GBV. Two UNFPA-supported primary health care centres (PHCCs) and ve WGSSs are no longer operational across the country.
The Humanitarian Country Team in Lebanon, led by the Humanitarian Coordinator and supplementing national efforts, continues to respond to the humanitarian needs of the people affected by the increase in hostilities in Lebanon.
DanChurchAid has been working on humanitarian demining in Lebanon for the past 20 years. Our efforts in the south have been focused along the so-called Blue Line, a temporary border established by the UN in 2000 to mark Israel’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon.
In the aftermath of the recent ceasefire in Lebanon, there is an urgent need for targeted mental health and psychosocial support for vulnerable populations, particularly children, the elderly group, and individuals who have experienced the loss of family members and their homes.
Insecurity Insight identified 305 incidents of violence against or obstruction of health care in Lebanon between 08 October 2023 and 18 November 2024. In these incidents, at least 241 health workers were killed, 200 injured and health facilities damaged 158 times. All of these reported 305 incidents were attributed to the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).
As winter looms in Lebanon, UNIFIL’s Italian peacekeepers have donated a number of items including blankets, food, medicines and hygiene kits to hospitals and authorities in south Lebanon for the benefit of those affected by the recent violence across the Blue Line.
In response to these needs, DCA converted all activities to support for the many civilians who found themselves sleeping in the open, in schools, or other spaces made available to them – to ensure they had food, water, mattresses, blankets, and other necessities.
In this rapid geospatial analysis, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) utilized satellite imagery to assess the potential impact of the escalation of conflict in Lebanon on agricultural land and livelihoods, and to identify the areas most affected.
Salesians in Lebanon* are assisting more than 2,000 internally displaced people from the south of the country who have been affected by the war. More than 275 families are receiving food, medicine and gasoline due to serious situations of vulnerability and job losses.
