Lebanon’s humanitarian crisis grows after displacement surge

Nearly 700,000 people have been displaced across Lebanon as Israeli strikes, evacuation orders, and bombardment intensify the country’s humanitarian crisis, as reported by Maghrebi Week on March 16th.

Displacement has surged in southern Lebanon and Beirut’s southern suburbs following the large-scale Israeli evacuation orders, with the UN saying the pace is now approaching or exceeding levels seen during the 2024 Hezbollah-Israel war.

Many of those fleeing had already been displaced by earlier fighting and are now being relocated again. At the same time, Lebanon’s health system is under crisis, with five hospitals out of service, four partially damaged, and 43 primary healthcare centres closed, mostly in the south.

Maghrebi Week