Unicef and World Food Programme call for urgent funds as Lebanon suffers ‘same trauma, same fear’ as in Gaza
Rescuers work at the site of an Israel i military strike in Qana town, southern Lebanon . According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, more than 2,350 people have been killed and over 10,906 have been injured in Lebanon since the start of hostilities. Photograph: Shutterstockagencies have called for an urgent injection of funds to provide humanitarian aid to hundreds of thousands of displaced civilians in Lebanon . The children’s agency Unicef and the“Around 1.
Unicef is providing healthcare, water, hygiene kits, mattresses, blankets and trauma treatment in co-operation with the Lebanese government. The WFP is providing meals and cash for 200,000 recipients.war strategy in Lebanon. WFP Lebanon director Matthew Hollingworth, who was previously based in Gaza, told the BBC that 400,000 children had been displaced. “Families have lost everything: jobs, homes, food,” and were without money, he said.
In Lebanon, Israel has followed the Gaza practice of issuing evacuation orders for towns and villages where Israeli forces operate. The UN refugee agency’s Middle East director Rema Jamous Imseis has said a quarter of Lebanon is now affected by Israeli evacuation orders.
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