According to the last Disaster Risk Management Unit report #17, October 12, 2024, a total of 2,255 people has been killed and 10,524 people have been injured in Lebanon, including 94 martyrs and 74 injured among health workers since fighting broke out between Hezbollah and the Israeli military on October 8th, 2023—over half of these deaths occurring in the past three weeks. These figures will continue to rise as many people are still buried beneath the rubble, or simply missing, and the Israeli military is continuing its attacks on Lebanon.
-100 PHCCs, dispensaries, and five hospitals have now shuttered, affecting service delivery. Furthermore, human resources are in short supply in the health institutions that have stayed operational within the combat zone, and waterborne disease outbreaks are on the rise as a result of hazardous food and water sources. (Lebanon Health Sector Emergency Situation Report, October 14, 2024).
This military operation, which is still ongoing, has resulted in a large wave of displacement from the targeted areas, particularly from southern Lebanon and the southern suburb, where most of them have fled to the Mount Lebanon area.
To date, 1,032 shelters have been established, with 863 achieving their full capacity. 187,900 IDPs (41,000 families) have been registered in shelters. While the overall number of internally displaced persons reached 689,715 people, 52% were female and 48% were male (IOM). Furthermore, the General Security has registered the entry of 320,184 Syrian people and 117,727 Lebanese citizens into Syrian territory.
In addition, Lebanon’s economic collapse, compounded by the conflict, has severely limited access to essential goods and services. Inflation, currency devaluation, and widespread shortages of basic needs have deepened the country’s reliance on humanitarian assistance. Agricultural land has been damaged by fires from attacks, and rental prices have surged in areas with high concentrations of displaced people, exacerbating the population’s vulnerability.
Compounded crises have collectively debilitated the Lebanese health system, severely hampering its ability to meet the escalating needs of a growing vulnerable population.
Emergency needs:
1: Medicines and medical supplies for medical centers in displacement areas.
2. Providing medical consultations and medicines to patients in shelter centers through the mobile clinic.
3. Covering the costs of medical consultations and providing medicines and consumables to unsupported medical centers to increase the capacity to accommodate the increasing numbers of patients in displacement areas.
4. Providing hygiene kits to families in shelters.
Ghawth for Relief and Emergency.
Beirut October 15,2024
