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- 1.2M affected people in Lebanon (source: GoL)
- 833,391 Internally displaced people in Lebanon (source: IOM/DTM)
- 31,814 new displacements over the past week (source: IOM/DTM)
- 191,473 registered IDPs in 1,003 collective shelters (source: IOM/DTM)
Situation overview
- Multiple airstrikes and overflights continued across the Southern Lebanese border, areas in the Bekaa, Nabatieh, Jezzine, Kesrouane, Byblos, Batroun and Beirut.
- Lebanese authorities refer to 1.2 million people affected, while the joint IOM and UNHCR tracking shows that as of 24 October, 833,391 Lebanese and Syrian people have been internally displaced in Lebanon (Source: IOM/DTM round 56).
- Since October 2023, UNHCR identified over 70,000 refugees who are secondarily displaced, including 53,000 since 23 September only, 98% being Syrian refugees.
- UNHCR estimates that at least 340,000 Syrian refugees were residing in the cadasters most affected by the hostilities(1).
- The most urgent needs are access to safe shelters, core relief items, healthcare, food, cash assistance, and protection services.
- To date, the latest hostilities have resulted in some 2,574 deaths and 12,001 injured, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health.
- Over 425,000 people(2) are estimated to have crossed from Lebanon to Syria since the escalation of hostilities, with around 70 per cent Syrians and 30 per cent Lebanese nationals
Key highlights
- In support of the Government-led emergency response, the humanitarian community launched a Flash Appeal to enable partners to rapidly deliver humanitarian assistance. The appeal seeks $425.7 million to assist 1 million people affected by the crisis over the next three months.
- As part of the Interagency response, UNHCR has released an Emergency Appeal for Lebanon, urgently seeking $111 million to scale up the response and cover immediate needs across all
vulnerable population groups, including Lebanese and refugees - UNHCR Emergency Appeal for Lebanon includes increased requirements for Protection activities, procurement and distribution of core relief items, cash assistance and support to institutions in the response.
- UNHCR continues calling on all actors to maintain and apply humanitarian principles and allow equal access to assistance.
(1) Refugees who resided in areas targeted by 8 or more airstrikes.
(2) Please note that these figures now encompass those identified by the relevant authorities as having left Lebanon and entered Syria. This new figure therefore goes beyond the initial estimations at official crossing points which was the basis of earlier reports by SARC. More info: UNHCR Syria Flash Update 20 October.