Illustration by Jaimee Lee Haddad
Since fighting between Hezbollah and Israel begun on Oct. 8 last year, Lebanon has suffered huge losses of civilian life, mass displacement, as well as damage and disruption to its infrastructure: Healthcare and education sectors, plus environmental destruction. Ahead of the Paris conference on Lebanon, the country's caretaker Environment minister, Nasser Yassin, who is coordinating the country's crisis response, told Reuters that his government needs $250 million a month to help some of the 1,3 million people displaced by Israeli bombardements. The international ministerial conference on Oct. 24 seeks to "mobilise the international community to respond to the protection and emergency relief needs of the Lebanese population," the French foreign ministry said in a statement on Oct.9.Since September, the number of people...
Since fighting between Hezbollah and Israel begun on Oct. 8 last year, Lebanon has suffered huge losses of civilian life, mass displacement, as well as damage and disruption to its infrastructure: Healthcare and education sectors, plus environmental destruction. Ahead of the Paris conference on Lebanon, the country's caretaker Environment minister, Nasser Yassin, who is coordinating the country's crisis response, told Reuters that his government needs $250 million a month to help some of the 1,3 million people displaced by Israeli bombardements. The international ministerial conference on Oct. 24 seeks to "mobilise the international community to respond to the protection and emergency relief needs of the Lebanese population," the French foreign ministry said in a statement on Oct.9.Since September, the number of people...