Lebanon: Food insecurity ‘will get worse’ amid deadly strikes
the update from UN agencies also reported that Israeli attacks have killed more than 3,100 people and injured more than 13,800 since October last year..
Turning to hospitals in conflict zones – Tire and Jbeil Bint, Marjeoun, Baabda, Lebanon Mount and Baalbek – 8 hospitals are non-functioning, 9 are semi-functional and 6 are continuously damaged.
Media reports indicated that dozens of people were killed across Lebanon during the strikes on Sunday, including 23 in the village of Almat. Health authorities said at least seven children were among those killed in the village located 30 km north of the capital Beirut.
Report pager
Nearly a quarter of people in Lebanon were affected by the conflict that escalated on September 23 when hundreds of pagers belonging to the armed group Hezbollah exploded, causing deaths and injuries.
After a widely condemned pager attack for which no one claimed responsibility, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) embarked on a wave of deadly airstrikes in retaliation for Israeli missile attacks. Hezbollah crosses the border into Israel, increasing its support for Hamas after Israel’s October 2023 incident. attack in Gaza.
Today, 1.4 million people and more than 875,000 people are now internally displaced across Lebanon. WFP said 618,000 individuals have received food or cash assistance since January, but needs are outpacing resources, with only 6% of the $116 million request provided so far.
Before the violence escalated in October, Lebanon had been facing chronic economic problems, related to COVID-19 and a protracted political crisis. The war made the situation much worse, with Estimated damage is about 12 billion USD across the economy includes buildings and infrastructure.
“The conflict also threatens the agricultural sector in the Bekaa and the South, which accounts for more than 60% of Lebanon’s agricultural output,” WFP said.
crossed the Syrian border
Latest data from the Syrian border shows 561,800 people have crossed into Syria since September 23 (66% Syrian and 34% Lebanese).
Recent Israeli attacks near Lebanon’s border with Syria have limited crossing points to just one in northern Lebanon, providing water, core relief items and psychological support to those who have fleeing, “many on foot, to try to find safety,” the UN refugee agency said. company, UNHCR.
According to UNHCR, nearly 31,000 people from Lebanon arrived in Iraq between September 27 and November 5, 2024.
Reiterating concerns about the deepening humanitarian emergency in Lebanon, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) speak that in just one week, local authorities recorded 214 deaths and 731 injuries.
the The southern suburbs of Beirut, Bekaa, South and Balbek “continue to be targeted by systematic attacks”Insecurity and limited access for health workers and first responders “affect work on the ground,” the UN agency continued.
As part of the United Nations response, more than a dozen trauma kits have been distributed to hospitals in Bekaa province and a flu vaccination campaign has been launched, targeting thousands of at-risk individuals. High.
However, WHO warns that violence continues to push people into “suboptimal” shelters, increasing the risk of infectious disease spread.
