Lebanon crisis: 90,000 displaced in last 72 hours, warns refugee agency

A new humanitarian crisis is unfolding at Lebanon’s border with Syria as thousands of people flee Israeli shelling linked to the war in Gaza, UN humanitarians said on Thursday, just as Israel premier Benyamin Netanyahu arrived in New York for the UN General Assembly.

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Lebanon crisis: 90,000 displaced in last 72 hours, warns refugee agency

Lebanon escalation: UN boosts support at border with Syria

25 Sep 2024

The serious escalation in hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel has forced “tens of thousands” of people to flee their homes in Lebanon, including Syrian refugees, leaving border routes to Syria choked with vehicles trying to get through, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Wednesday.

Lebanon: Medical aid arrives in Beirut amid intensifying Israeli strikes

04 Oct 2024

As Lebanon suffered another night of heavy Israeli bombing, UN humanitarians and partners described how people desperate to flee the violence found the country’s main border crossing into Syria cut by a new dawn strike, forcing them to skirt “a huge crater” and rubble on foot, to reach the other side.

Lebanon crisis: UN launches $426 million aid appeal as ‘limited’ ground invasion reportedly begins

01 Oct 2024

UN humanitarians launched a $426 million appeal for Lebanon on Tuesday to support one million people uprooted by widespread Israeli shelling amid what Israel has described as a “limited, localised and targeted” ground operation into Lebanon, across the UN-patrolled line of separation.