The UN and the Lebanese government launched a new appeal on Tuesday for donations of $371.4 million to meet the urgent humanitarian needs of the population affected by the recent conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.
In October, an initial appeal for $426 million was launched to help people displaced by Israeli strikes in Lebanon, an appeal which raised around $250 million, according to the UN.
Since then, “while the cessation of hostilities offers hope, more than 125,000 people are still displaced, and hundreds of thousands more face immense challenges in rebuilding their lives,” Imran Riza commented in a statement, UN humanitarian coordinator in Lebanon.
Under these conditions, an additional $371.4 million is needed “to support efforts to save lives and prevent the deterioration of an already terrible situation”, he added.
-This appeal is mainly intended to help one million Lebanese, Syrian and Palestinian refugees and migrants most affected by the humanitarian crisis until March.
In September, Israel intensified its bombing campaign and sent troops to Lebanon after nearly a year of cross-border firefights with Hezbollah, on the sidelines of the war in Gaza.
Since the ceasefire that came into effect on November 27, more than 800,000 people displaced in Lebanon by the conflict have been able to return home, according to the UN.
