Oxfam is working with partner organizations in Lebanon to help people displaced by Israeli airstrikes. We have been supporting the work of Lebanese organizations providing clean water and sanitation, emergency cash, food, and hygiene and menstrual hygiene kits to people seeking shelter in Beirut, Mount Lebanon, and North Lebanon.
The crisis in Lebanon is related to the ongoing conflict in Gaza, which resulted in numerous air strikes in southern Lebanon since October 2023. This most recent escalation in fighting displaced more than one million people and has put additional strain on an already overburdened humanitarian response system in Lebanon.
The conditional ceasefire that began on November 27th is allowing some of the 1.5 million people displaced by this brutal war to start returning to their homes. Many will find their home communities have been damaged or destroyed, and will need the humanitarian assistance as they seek temporary shelter and rebuild. Oxfam and our partners are assessing the needs of returning displaced people, as well as Syrian refugees and others in need of assistance in Lebanon.
Oxfam is calling on all parties to this agreement to work toward a full, unconditional, and permanent ceasefire in both Lebanon and Gaza.
