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STORY: WFP / SYRIA LEBANESE REFUGEES
TRT: 03:42
SOURCE: WFP
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT WFP ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: 01 – 08 OCTOBER 2024, LEBANON AND SYRIA
05 OCTOBER 2024, SAIDA, LEBANON
1. Wide shot, damaged building
05 OCTOBER 2024, HIGHWAY 51, LEBANON
2. Wide shot, convoy of Humanitarian Aid Moving from Beirut to Tyre
05 OCTOBER 2024, TYRE, LEBANON
3. Various shots, offloading WFP food parcels in Tyre
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Matthew Hollingworth, Lebanon Country Director, WFP:
“We’re delivering 1100 food parcels, food ration boxes along with bread from the World Food Programme, but also critically needed water, sanitation, and hygiene materials from our friends at UNICEF. We’re delivering here to the Lebanese Red Cross. One of our critical partners, providing humanitarian assistance across the country to people are still stuck in areas, people have been displaced into other areas and also people about to go on the move.”
01-03 OCTOBER 2024, JDAYDAT YABOUS SYRIA BORDER WITH LEBANON
5. Various shots, newly arrived people who fled the fighting in Lebanon arrive in Syria in cars and busses
As of 7 Oct, more than 200,000 people have fled Lebanon into Syria over several border crossings. The majority of them are Syrian. On Friday, 4 Oct 2024, the highway between the main border crossing was bombed leaving people with no option but to cross on foot carrying what belongings they can. The destruction of the highway also impedes the entry of humanitarian aid into Lebanon.
01 OCTOBER 2024, JDAYDAT YABOUS SYRIA BORDER WITH LEBANON
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Um Ali and her 6 children fled the bombing in Lebanon, her husband stayed behind in Beirut:
“There were bombings and airstrikes and so we escaped, thank God we arrived here safe and sound. We don’t know what happened to it, if it’s still bombed or not. We managed to get our documents and escaped. We’ve been in the streets in Lebanon for the last 2 days, thank God we’re here now.”
01-03 OCTOBER 2024, JDAYDAT YABOUS SYRIA BORDER WITH LEBANON
7. Wide shot, newly arrived people who fled the fighting in Lebanon arrive in Syria in cars and busses
03 OCTOBER 2024, JDAYDAT YABOUS SYRIA BORDER WITH LEBANON
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Um Mohammed is Syrian but has been living for 17 years in Lebanon. She and her children fled leaving their home, her husband and parents behind:
“We were happy with our life there…we weren't looking for more than that” (cries)
Dima WFP:
“Thank god you got out safe with your family”
9. Various shots, newly arrived people who fled the fighting in Lebanon arrive in Syria in cars and busses.
08 OCTOBER 2024, CAIRO, EGYPT
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Abeer Etefa, Middle East Regional Spokesperson, WFP:
“We are in the middle of a regional war already. This is a dangerous milestone for this troubled part of the world. This crisis has separated families across borders and destructed vital food supply chains. Homes and livelihoods are being destroyed for millions of people who were already food insecure before this current crisis. This means greater need, and it means more requirements for the aid world at the time when resources are not coping with these needs.”
03 OCTOBER 2024, JDAYDAT YABOUS SYRIA BORDER WITH LEBANON
11. Newly arrived displaced people eating WFP datebars
WFP is distributing datebars and, when possible, hot meals to people fleeing the fighting in Lebanon on the Syrian side of the border crossings. Hot meals will be provided to people staying in shelters alongside ready to eat rations, regular food baskets and potentially cash assistance.
In Lebanon the estimated number of people affected by the conflict is 1.2 million, most of whom are internally displaced. To date, 181,000 displaced people are staying in 978 shelters while other IDPs are staying with their families, in rented houses or hotels, or public or private places, in addition to thousands of others who travelled by air or crossed Lebanese territory to Syria.
In less than a week, WFP scaled up its assistance significantly, delivering an additional 350,000 meals to displaced people. Amid escalating violence in Beirut, the south, and Bekaa, WFP in collaboration with the Government of Lebanon and its partners provided food and cash assistance to 160,200 people affected by the conflict since 24 September.
On Saturday (5 Oct) WFP and UNICEF conducted a joint convoy of six trucks to South Lebanon, delivering WFP food items and UNICEF water and hygiene supplies.
In Syria, since 23 September, an estimated 220,000 people have crossed into the country, fleeing increased hostilities in Lebanon. Of these, 70 percent are Syrian nationals. Following the closure of the road between Masnaa and Jdaidet Yabous border points, the number of new arrivals at the remaining border crossing increased notably.
In the early morning of 4 Oct, air strikes hit the international road between Masnaa and Jdaidet Yabous border points between Lebanon and Syria, halting traffic in both directions.
The Jdaidet Yabous crossing was the primary entry points for thousands of people fleeing increasing violence into Syria. As of today (8 Oct) the road remains unrepaired leaving people to cross the border on foot. The remaining border crossing points remain operational.
As of yesterday (7 Oct) WFP has reached over 100,000 people with date bars and fresh meals at the borders, and ready-to-eat rations in host communities. Preparations are underway to scale up assistance in host communities and shelters over the coming days.
