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HIGHLIGHTS
• In addition to its ongoing programmes, WFP scaled-up its emergency response to affected people and has reached 448,000 people with food and/or cash assistance across shelters and communities, since 23 September. This brings the total number of assisted people affected by the conflict in 2024 to 618,000.
• As winter approaches, WFP works with the Ministry of Social Affairs (MoSA) to enhance the national ShockResponsive Social Safety Net (SRSSN) cash platform, and to ensure cash assistance reaches affected people not covered by WFP programmes.
• As rising needs outpace resources, WFP urgently calls for timely confirmation of funds for its emergency response, to ensure continued provision of assistance. With only 6 percent of the required US$116 million secured for the year, there is an urgent need to expand assistance to over 1 million individuals affected by the crisis.
SITUATION UPDATE
• Lebanon’s food insecurity is set to worsen amid ongoing military operations, which further strains infrastructure, displaces communities, and deepens the effects of the economic crisis. Damages from Israeli attacks are estimated at US$ 12 billion across economic sectors, buildings, and infrastructure. The conflict also threatens the agricultural sector in the Bekaa and the South, accounting for more than 60 percent of Lebanon’s agricultural production.
• Israel has intensified its military operations, further straining Lebanon’s fragile situation and resulting in over 3,000 deaths and 13,600 injuries since October 2023. Nearly one-quarter of the country’s population has been affected by the conflict (1.4 million people), with almost 875,200 internally displaced as per IOM.
• To date, 190,200 displaced people (IDP) are in 1,149 shelters, of which 86 percent have reached maximum capacity. Other IDPs are either with their families or have crossed to Syria and Iraq. However, many, especially non-Lebanese, face significant barriers to secure shelter and urgently need adequate accommodations and essential items to stay warm and safe as winter approaches.
• The recent Israeli strikes near Lebanon's eastern border with Syria have closed almost all official border crossings between the two countries, limiting people fleeing to Syria to one operational route, in North Lebanon. However, as per the Lebanese General Security, 561,800 people have crossed into Syria since 23 September (66 percent Syrians and 34 percent Lebanese). Additionally, almost 31,000 Lebanese arrived in Iraq between 27 September and 05 November 2024, as reported by UNHCR.