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LEBANON - Escalation of hostilities: key humanitarian developments - 1 M 100,000

1 Oct 2024

On 23 INTERNALLY September 2024, the Israeli army increased their military attacks, with over ANTICIPATED SCOPE AND SCALE DISPL ACED PEOPLE 330 raids targeting over 117 towns and cities in southern Lebanon (South and Nabatiye governorates), Bekaa governorate, and the southern suburbs The possibility of an full-scale Israeli ground invasion of Lebanon has AS OF of Beirut city in Beirut governorate. [...] The southern governorates of South and • On the other hand, the Lebanese foreign minister estimates that by 25 Nabatiye, the southern suburbs of Beirut, and the eastern governorates of September 2024, the total number of IDPs in Lebanon had reached 500,000 Baalbek and Bekaa are likely to face the most impact given Hezbollah’s (Sky News 25/09/2024; AJ 25/09/2024 b). [...] These families, including children and a number of people injured also displaced aid workers and their families, reducing the number of staff able to work during the raids, are spending nights at the border waiting to enter Syria (UNHCR 25/09/2024). [...] Those in Bekaa have mostly displaced aggravate displaced people’s humanitarian needs, especially for those staying in tents and to the central and western areas of the governorate. [...] Most of the 283 shelters The displacement of large numbers of people from southern Lebanon to safer areas has that the Lebanese Government has opened to receive newly displaced people are public increased the demand for basic items such as bread, bottled water, milk, diapers, and schools (OCHA 25/09/2024; UNICEF 25/09/2024).
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