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STORY: UN / LEBANON FOOD INSECURITY
TRT: 03:00
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 29 APRIL 2026, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
1. Med shot, United Nations flag
29 APRIL 2026, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, press briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Turning to Lebanon. Our humanitarian colleagues tell us that the situation in that country continues to be fragile, and volatile given the insecurity, especially in the southern part of Lebanon. Lebanese authorities reported that three civil defence rescue workers were killed in the southern part of the country when two strikes hit a building in Tyre District. That took place yesterday. Authorities said the emergency teams were responding to people wounded in an earlier strike at the same place. The incident underscores the risks faced by civilians, including emergency and humanitarian workers. According to the World Health Organisation, since the start of the conflict, the number of attacks on healthcare has climbed to 149, with 100 deaths and 233 injured. Attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure, and health workers are not only unacceptable, they are against international humanitarian law, as we keep saying. All parties in this conflict have to observe their obligations under these laws. Today, Israeli authorities issued a new displacement order south of the Litani River, covering 16 areas and instructing residents to move to the nearby town of Saida. Women and children remain disproportionately affected. There are reports they are facing increased psychological distress and are bearing the brunt of the impacts of displacement, family separation, and economic hardship. Risks of gender-based violence remain high, particularly in overcrowded shelters. We and our partners are responding to the mounting needs where access allows. Compounding the situation, today our colleagues at the Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Food Programme warned that the sharp escalation in violence has reversed recent food security gains and pushed the country back into crisis. This is what the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) for Lebanon tells us. The projected analysis reveals that 1.24 million people, that’s nearly one in four of the population that was looked at, are expected to face food insecurity levels classified as Crisis or IPC Phase 3 or worse, between April and August of this year. IPC 3 means that people start skipping meals or start selling some of their [possessions] in order to buy food. But despite these growing needs, the humanitarian response remains significantly underfunded. The Lebanon Flash Appeal has received just over 117 million dollars, which is only 38 per cent of the money that we need, which is 308 million dollars.”
6. Wide shot, journalists
The situation in Lebanon “continues to be fragile, and volatile given the insecurity, especially in the southern part of Lebanon. Lebanese authorities reported that three civil defence rescue workers were killed in the southern part of the country when two strikes hit a building in Tyre District,” a UN spokesperson said.
Briefing reporters in New York City today (29 Apr), Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, said that the incident happened yesterday while “the emergency teams were responding to people wounded in an earlier strike at the same place.”
“The incident underscores the risks faced by civilians, including emergency and humanitarian workers,” Dujarric said.
According to the World Health Organisation, since the start of the conflict, the number of attacks on healthcare has climbed to 149, with 100 deaths and 233 injured.
The spokesperson reiterated, “Attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure, and health workers are not only unacceptable, they are against international humanitarian law.”
He also said, “Today, Israeli authorities issued a new displacement order south of the Litani River, covering 16 areas and instructing residents to move to the nearby town of Saida. Women and children remain disproportionately affected. There are reports they are facing increased psychological distress and are bearing the brunt of the impacts of displacement, family separation, and economic hardship. Risks of gender-based violence remain high, particularly in overcrowded shelters. We and our partners are responding to the mounting needs where access allows.”
The Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Food Programme warned that the sharp escalation in violence has reversed recent food security gains and pushed the country back into crisis, according to a new Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) for Lebanon.
“The projected analysis reveals that 1.24 million people, that’s nearly one in four of the population that was looked at, are expected to face food insecurity levels classified as Crisis or IPC Phase 3 or worse, between April and August of this year. IPC 3 means that people start skipping meals or start selling some of their [possessions] in order to buy food. But despite these growing needs, the humanitarian response remains significantly underfunded. The Lebanon Flash Appeal has received just over 117 million dollars, which is only 38 per cent of the money that we need, which is 308 million dollars,” Dujarric concluded.
