Overview
- Following Friday's renewed airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburbs and fresh evacuation warnings, UNHCR said the risk of a humanitarian catastrophe in Lebanon is real.
- Lebanon's Health Ministry reports 1,094 dead and more than 3,000 injured since March 2, with over one million people displaced and about 130,000 staying in roughly 650 crowded shelters.
- Destruction of key bridges over the Litani River has cut off entire districts, isolating more than 150,000 people and blocking aid convoys from reaching the south.
- WHO has logged 77 attacks on health workers, 53 deaths, and dozens of facility closures or damage, which has slashed access to basic and emergency care.
- The UN Flash Appeal for $308 million is only about one-third funded, while Israeli officials' stated plan for a buffer zone up to the Litani River threatens to prolong displacement and delay returns.