Clashes between Israel and Hezbollah along Lebanon’s border with Israel has escalated a year after the war that was started by Hamas’s attack on Israel. The UN estimates that the fighting has caused 200,000 people to be displaced as a result of a fresh humanitarian disaster.
Millions of Israelis had to seek safety in bomb shelters after Iran launched dozens of missiles at Israel. Israel was attacking the terrorist organization Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran, while conducting a ground invasion of Lebanon.
Hadi Hachem, Deputy Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations, addresses UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres briefs the press on escalation of blue line tensions between Israel and Hezbollah on the border of Lebanon.
The UN says it is alarmed by the historically high death toll, with nearly 80 media workers killed since October, as two more journalists are killed while reporting the conflict in Gaza.
The worst memories of the 1982 massacres in Sabra and Shatila, Lebanon, are being evoked by the war between Hamas and Israel. Nicole Di Ilio has this report from the Shatila refugee camp in Beirut.
A potential Hezbollah attack has prompted the evacuation of some towns in northern Israel. And as Yan Boechat reports for VOA from Metula, Israel, soldiers prepare for what they fear could become a new front while Israel shoots down rockets over the city.
On paper, Lebanon appears to be going thru one of the most critical economic crises in the last 150 years. Many people are now fallen into poverty.However, as the summer season begins, bars and restaurants are busier than ever, puzzling economists and exposing the growing disparity between the rich and the poor.
Despite the fact that the crisis in Syria is subsiding, Syrians are still fleeing to Europe to escape a failing economy. The majority have been detained and deported, and are now stranded in Lebanon
In the Middle East, displaced families and their host communities were already dealing with the economic crisis and the devastating effects of COVID. According to the UN refugee agency, winter storms have only worsened the situation and aggravated suffering (UNHCR)