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Lebanese people search for their belongings in a damaged building after Israeli strikes on South Lebanon on 23 September, in the village of Al Aqbieh near Sidon, South Lebanon. Oxfam is working with partners to support internally displaced people in shelters in Beirut, Mount Lebanon and North Lebanon with clean water and sanitation, emergency cash, food, and hygiene and menstrual hygiene kits.

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Lebanese people displaced by bombing need humanitarian assistance.

What is happening in Lebanon?

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 60-day 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.

Find out more about what is happening in Lebanon.

Updated December 6th, 2024

What is Oxfam doing in Lebanon?

When airstrikes and other fighting displaced people from their homes starting in September 2024, Oxfam collaborated with a network of partners to assist people affected by conflict staying in collective shelters. The people displaced by the conflict (some of them on multiple occasions) and seeking shelter were in need of bedding, kitchen items for cooking, water and sanitation systems, and hygiene items especially menstrual products for women.

Oxfam and partners are providing clean water, cash, food, hygiene items, and repairing sanitation systems to help people displaced by fighting in Lebanon. So far, we have reached around 78,000 people with lifesaving assistance, including:

  • Cash
  • Food
  • Bottled drinking water, and water for bathing and cooking delivered by truck to collective shelters
  • Hygiene and menstrual hygiene kits
  • Mattresses, blankets, pillows

The start of a 60-day provisional ceasefire in late November will allow some of the 1.5 million people displaced by this brutal war to start returning to their homes. However, hundreds of thousands of people have nowhere to which they can return after Israel razed entire villages. Oxfam is calling on the parties to the ceasefire to reach a permanent agreement so that communities can begin to rebuild their lives.

Oxfam has worked in Lebanon since 1993, in partnership with local organizations, to support disadvantaged people with cash, clean water, and sanitation systems as well as income generating opportunities, advocating for women’s rights and reproductive health services, and renewable energy solutions. We also work with Syrian and Palestinian refugees, as well as Lebanese communities, including people with disabilities and migrant workers.

We work with 30 local partner organizations in North Lebanon, the Bekaa Valley, and Beirut that deeply understand the needs of the communities where they work.

Over the past decade, we have responded to the multiple crises Lebanon has faced, including the Syria crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, the Beirut Blast, economic crises, the 2022 cholera outbreak, and violent conflicts.

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Advocating for ceasefire

Oxfam calls on all parties to the conflict to end the fighting. There must be an immediate and permanent ceasefire to stop atrocities being committed, to end the deadly and destructive cycles of violence, and to allow humanitarian agencies to respond to the massive needs of the population.

The spread of hostilities into Southern Lebanon has caused enormous damage to civilian infrastructure and devastating loss of civilian life. The escalation has severely limited the delivery of essential humanitarian aid, especially to those who live in border villages.

Humanitarian agencies and medical personnel must have safe and unfettered access to deliver services and provide urgent support in the areas most affected. Without a ceasefire, the lives of civilians, many of whom were already living with the impacts of a major economic crisis, will deteriorate further.

Staff from Oxfam and partner organization Utopia distribute water to people displaced by conflict and seeking shelter at a school in Tyre.
Staff from Oxfam and partner organization Utopia distribute water to people displaced by conflict and seeking shelter at a school in Tyre. Ghinwa Haidar/Oxfam