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Lebanon continues in the grip of a severe humanitarian crisis, with Israeli airstrikes intensifying and expanding into previously unaffected areas, impacting civilians and critical infrastructure.

A specialized surgical team from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) experienced in war injuries has been deployed to a hospital in southern Beirut to offer life-saving care and help relieve exhausted medical staff.

Depuis l’escalade des hostilités entre Israël et le Liban le 17 septembre 2024, l’OMS a recensé 23 attaques visant les services de santé au Liban, qui ont fait 72 morts et 43 blessés parmi les soignants et les patients.

Une équipe chirurgicale spécialisée du Comité international de la Croix-Rouge (CICR) ayant l’expérience des blessures de guerre a été déployée dans un hôpital du sud de Beyrouth afin de prodiguer des soins vitaux et de soulager le personnel médical épuisé.

Beirut (CICR) – El Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja (CICR) envió a un equipo especializado en cirugía y con experiencia en heridas de guerra a un hospital del sur de Beirut para que preste asistencia vital y ayude a aliviar al extenuado personal de salud.

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El refuerzo sanitario se decidió ante la escalada de las hostilidades, el aumento del número de personas heridas y las dificultades del sistema de salud para atender las necesidades urgentes de la población.

El equipo, compuesto por un médico especialista en urgencias, un cirujano...

In response to the escalating crisis in Lebanon, Education Cannot Wait (ECW) and its strategic partners announced today US$1.5 million in additional funding to support inclusive and safe access to quality education for girls and boys impacted by the conflict.

Since early October 2024, Israeli airstrikes and ground operations in Lebanon have intensified and expanded, hitting civilian infrastructure, leading over 541,000 people to flee southern Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut.

Health care facilities, mosques, historical markets, residential complexes, and now government buildings are being reduced to rubble. Displaced families continue to feel at risk, even after fleeing to safe areas.

Violations of international humanitarian law are utterly unacceptable. Civilians and civilian infrastructure must be protected at all times.

I join you here today not just as a representative of UNICEF, but as a witness to the unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in Lebanon. Earlier this week, Carl Skau and I met families who have lost everything except hope.

As part of its continued support for the Lebanese people, Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) has dispatched 31 tons of urgent humanitarian aid to support the Lebanese people via a military aircraft from the Qatar Emiri Air Force, which included health, shelter, and food supplies.

Three weeks ago, Israel dramatically intensified its airstrikes on Lebanon, a country that has already been through loss and destruction.

Highlights

• The government of Lebanon continues coordinating efforts to support over one million people affected by the escalation of hostilities on the Lebanon-Israel border. Nearly 75 percent of all casualties in the conflict took place since mid-September 2024, including reports of more than 890 children injured, and 127 children killed.
• National authorities have opened more than 1,060 collective shelters for over 188,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) – half of them women and children. Approximately 80 per cent of shelters are full.
• The Ministry of Public Health has confirmed a case of...

The conflict has triggered massive displacement, with over 1 million displaced individuals within Lebanon, and more than 276,000 people (30% Lebanese and 70% Syrian) have fled the violence to Syria according to UNHCR.

As part of its response to the crisis in Lebanon the ILO will enhance living conditions in collective shelters for displaced families while also providing work opportunities for local communities living near the shelters.

This policy paper assesses Lebanon’s social protection response to the ongoing war and provides recommendations for policymakers to further develop this response and later improve the shock-responsiveness and -resilience of the country’s social protection system.

In cooperation with YMCA, WHO continued to monitor the distribution of NCD and mental health medications to PHCs serving host communities and displaced patients.

As part of its continued support for the brotherly Lebanese people, the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) has dispatched 17.3 tons of urgent humanitarian aid via an Amiri Air Force plane.

The Israeli military has carried out repeated attacks harming United Nations peacekeeping operations in southwestern Lebanon in apparent violation of the laws of war, Human Rights Watch said today.

Israel’s military campaign, which escalated on September 16, involved extensive airstrikes and bombardments across Lebanon, and a ground invasion along the southern border.