The use of explosive weapons in Gaza in 2024 condemned an average of 475 children each month – or 15 children a day [1]- to potentially lifelong disabilities, including severely injured limbs and hearing impairments, said Save the Children.
This year represents an extremely precarious moment in Lebanon’s history, with crisis upon crisis affecting the country’s social, economic, and environmental stability.
With barely any aid coming in, people in Gaza have been experiencing the full force of winter as heavy rain and floods exacerbate an already dire humanitarian situation, leaving many lives at risk.
The security situation remains volatile in parts of Syria, with reports of hostilities, conflict-related violence, movement restrictions and other incidents in Aleppo, Coastal Areas, Dar’a, Hama, Homs, Quneitra and other governorates over the past week.
The Syria HNS is used by humanitarian organizations to strengthen the likelihood of facilitating humanitarian access and/or to reduce the likelihood and severity of harm to humanitarian workers, sites and/or assets.
Crisis (IPC Phase 3) outcomes are expected to persist through at least May in the South, El Nabatieh, Baalbak-El Hermel, Akkar, and North Lebanon governorates due to extensive infrastructure damage, the investment needed to restore key economic sectors, and the cumulative effects of the year-long conflict.
A ceasefire and increased humanitarian aid is the only way to stop more babies in Gaza dying during the cold winter, Islamic Relief says, as yet another young infant froze to death in their tent in the past 24 hours as a result of Israel's ongoing onslaught and siege.
من المتوقع أن يستفيد آلاف الأشخاص النازحين من القرى القريبة من الخط الأزرق من سيارة إسعاف مزودة بأحدث التقنيات كانت قد تبرّعت بها الكتيبة الإيطالية التابعة لليونيفيل لوحدة إدارة مخاطر الكوارث في بلدية صور الأسبوع الماضي.
An ambulance fitted with latest technology – donated by UNIFIL’s Italian contingent to the Disaster Risk Management Unit of Tyre last week – is expected to benefit thousands of people displaced from villages close to the Blue Line.
Several UNRWA schools have been impacted by conflict-related incidents over the reporting period. In an Israeli Forces strike on an UNRWA school-turned-shelter in Khan Younis, at least 13 people have been reportedly killed and 48 injured.
Following the collapse of the Syrian government on 8 December, the country has experienced a mix of optimism and disorder. It is now grappling with unstable security, an escalating humanitarian crisis, and widespread displacement.
Following more than a year of conflict at least 175,000 people remain displaced across the country, while those who have returned to their areas of origin are confronted with destroyed homes, devastated infrastructure, and disrupted essential services.
دخل وقف إطلاق النار والأعمال العدائية حيز التنفيذ في 27 تشرين الثاني/ نوفمبر، وهو ما وفر استراحة مؤقتة لملايين المدنيين المحاصرين في النزاع في لبنان. لكن لا تزال معاناة لبنان مستمرة في ظل الاحتياجات الصحية المذهلة غير الملباة.
The ceasefire and the cessation of hostilities took effect on 27 November, offering temporary relief for the millions of civilians caught in the conflict in Lebanon. But Lebanon’s suffering did not end amid staggering unmet health needs.
Some 59 Palestinian-run schools, serving approximately 6,600 students and at least 715 teachers, face partial or full demolition orders or stop-work orders.
At this historic moment of opportunity for Syria, many refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs) are considering returning home, and thousands of people are now arriving from neighbouring countries every day – but after almost 14 years of violent crisis many have little or nothing to return to.
UNHCR is engaging with thousands of refugees in neighboring countries, often with daily contact through helplines, surveys, focus group discussions, and other communications channels, listening to their concerns, providing up-to-date information, and understanding their perceptions and intentions around return.
Between January and November 2024, we have reached 1.6 million people with 3,022,189 health consultations, and provided 115,965 nutrition services, 110,000 WASH services, 64,366 protection services and 60,228 MHPSS services.
