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The UN has more than doubled its aid appeal for Lebanon to meet what it describes as a “deteriorating” humanitarian crisis
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Israel’s air force has carried out more strikes on southern Lebanon after issuing a series of evacuation warnings
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The UN World Food Program says rising fuel prices and transport costs arising from the Middle East conflict are pushing millions closer to hunger
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Skip next section UN doubles aid appeal for Lebanon to nearly $640 million06/05/2026June 5, 2026
UN doubles aid appeal for Lebanon to nearly $640 million
The United Nations has more than doubled the amount of funding it says is needed to help Lebanon tackle a humanitarian crisis as the war between Israel and Hezbollah enters its fourth month.
In a fresh appeal on Friday, the UN said it was seeking an additional $331.5 million (€285 million) to reach 1.4 million people in need of aid.
The UN had appealed for $308 million in March to support a massive emergency response led by Lebanon’s government through to the end of May.
As of May 31, it said it had received only $185.9 million, which was used to provided assistance to 680,000 people.
It said it would more than double the initial appeal amount, bringing the total to $639.9 million, in order to reach all of the estimated 1.4 million people in Lebanon who need aid.
“The humanitarian crisis in Lebanon is severe and deteriorating,” the UN humanitarian agency OCHA said.
“Repeated displacements, insufficient shelter capacity and limited prospects for safe return are deepening vulnerability,” it added, warning that “affected people are rapidly exhausting their coping capacities, and essential services are under increasing strain.”
Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war at the start of March when the Tehran-backed militant group Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel in retaliation for US-Israeli strikes that killed Iran’s supreme leader.
Israel responded by sending troops into Lebanon and launching a major bombing campaign.
More than 3,500 people have been killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon since early March, with nearly a million displaced, according to Lebanese authorities. Israel says 26 of its soldiers and four civilians have been killed in Hezbollah attacks over the same period.
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As the war between Israel and Hezbollah grinds on, the UN is appealing for an extra $331.5 million (€285 million) to provide humanitarian assistance to people in Lebanon. That’s more than double an earlier appeal issued in March.
Israel continued to bomb targets in southern Lebanon on Friday, killing six people, Lebanon’s state news agency reported.
The strikes come a day after the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah rejected the latest US-brokered ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Lebanese government.
Meanwhile, the UN’s World Food Program has warned that rising fuel costs resulting from the Iran war are pushing millions of people closer to hunger. It said households in Afghanistan, Somalia and Sri Lanka are among the worst affected.
All this and more is coming up in our Middle East coverage. Stay tuned!
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