Country: Lebanon Source: Lebanon Humanitarian INGO Forum Please refer to the attached file. The escalation of hostilities in Lebanon has forced more than one million people across the country to flee their…
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Country: Lebanon
Source: Lebanon Humanitarian INGO Forum
Please refer to the attached file.
The escalation of hostilities in Lebanon has forced more than one million people across the country to flee their homes in search of safety. Displacement has become a daily reality: families have been forced to move, taking only what they could carry, and not knowing when, or whether, they will be able to return. Many have been displaced more than once, moving from one temporary place to another in an ever-shifting struggle for survival.
The ceasefire negotiations between the US and Iran bring little reassurance to civilians unable to return home due to ongoing insecurity and military occupation. The latest agreement, the details of which remain unclear for Lebanon, comes after two months of supposed ‘ceasefire’, during which Israeli strikes and displacement orders continued and Hezbollah maintained their attacks on northern Israel. Southern Lebanon is facing daily airstrikes and advancing ground operations. The casualties continue to rise: since 2 March more than 3,700 people have been killed and over 11,700 injured. There have been more than 200 Israeli attacks on healthcare, resulting in over 130 deaths of health personnel. Hospitals, water installations, fuel stations, bridges and tens of thousands of housing units have been destroyed. The estimated cost of the war so far extends into billions.
Behind the numbers are ordinary civilians living with the consequences of prolonged insecurity, loss and uncertainty. Across Lebanon, families are trying to hold onto a sense of stability while facing damaged homes, disrupted services, vanished income and growing financial pressures. Many are moving between overcrowded shelters and costly rental accommodation, often with limited options and little certainty about what comes next. For those from bombarded and bulldozed villages at the southern border, the question is no longer only when they can return, but whether return will be possible at all.
NGOs are providing assistance to individuals reaching breaking point, cut off from their livelihoods, increasingly reliant on external support, fearful for their children’s future. Humanitarian workers are often themselves displaced, sharing the same insecurity and emotional strain as the communities they support.
This report presents their stories from the field. NGOs call for a genuine, lasting end to hostilities and sustained and flexible funding to support those in urgent need.
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