Lebanon crisis: Intensifying violence is deadliest in decades, warn aid agencies

The past two months of intensifying Israeli bombardment in Lebanon have been the “deadliest and most devastating” in decades as communities uprooted from the front line flee continue to flee across the border to Syria, UN humanitarians said on Friday.

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Lebanon crisis: Intensifying violence is deadliest in decades, warn aid agencies

Escalating Lebanon-Israel aggressions provoking ‘very dangerous situation’

06 Aug 2021

The UN Interim Force in Lebanon, UNIFIL, said on Friday that escalating hostilities over the past two days involving Lebanese and Israeli forces have created “a very dangerous situation” in the volatile border region.

Victims of deadly Lebanon escalation describe fleeing ‘total destruction’

03 Oct 2024

People in Lebanon uprooted by Israeli airstrikes including in central Beirut have described being forced to flee “total destruction”, amid fresh reports of Hezbollah projectile attacks into Israel and close-quarter clashes along the UN-patrolled line of separation between the two countries.

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.