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Crisis in Lebanon: SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL is taking action

Published on Thursday 26 September 2024

[Paris, September 24, 2024] Intense bombings have massively struck southern Lebanon, the Bekaa Valley, and southern Beirut, killing nearly 600 people and injuring over 1,500. SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL, present on the ground, has immediately mobilized to provide humanitarian aid to the tens of thousands of people who have fled their homes. 

After months of tensions between Israel and Hezbollah, a new level of violence has been reached: since September 23, Israel has launched a bombing campaign on Lebanese territory. These attacks have resulted in nearly 600 deaths, including 94 women and 50 children, and over 1,500 injuries. According to the United Nations, tens of thousands of people have already left their homes to escape the violence*. 

Present in Lebanon since 2013, SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL teams, themselves affected by the bombings, nevertheless mobilized very quickly: “Some of our Lebanese colleagues had to leave their homes and take refuge with relatives, while others have slept in locations considered safer. Despite this dramatic situation, they have mobilized and are already contributing to a humanitarian response for those displaced by the bombings,” explains Thomas Janny, Regional Director for the Middle East at SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL. 

To meet the essential needs of displaced people, food rations are already being distributed, and interventions to ensure access to safe drinking water are expected to be implemented in the coming days by the NGO’s teams. 

Fearing the humanitarian consequences of an escalation of the conflict, SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL calls on all parties to respect international humanitarian law and to ensure the protection of civilians and civilian infrastructures. 

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* En direct, guerre au Proche-Orient : l’armée israélienne lance une nouvelle série d’attaques contre le sud du Liban et la plaine de la Bekaa (lemonde.fr)