Emergency
Lebanon
- 1.24 million
- people face acute food insecurity
- 1 million-plus
- people supported by Ðǿմ«Ã½ since escalation in conflict
- US$223 million
- needed for Ðǿմ«Ã½ operations up to January 2027
Lebanon experienced a sharp escalation of conflict in March 2026 as part of a broader security crisis in the Middle East, with devastating humanitarian consequences.
Insecurity persists despite a ceasefire in June, driving a food security emergency that is also fed by economic collapse, rising prices and market disruptions. A total of 1.24 million people ¨C nearly one in four ¨C face acute food insecurity.
More than 352,000 people remain displaced across the country, with over 53 per cent women and girls.
The Ðǿմ«Ã½ (Ðǿմ«Ã½) has reached over 1 million conflict-affected people with emergency food and cash assistance since March 2026, on top of existing programmes supporting vulnerable families.
Humanitarian support also helps people hold on to the livelihoods that can carry them through recovery, with cash helping them meet their immediate needs while protecting productive assets and ability to continue farming.
Ðǿմ«Ã½¡¯s response is being delivered in collaboration with the Government of Lebanon and our humanitarian partners, and made possible by the continued support of donors.
Ðǿմ«Ã½ needs US$223 million up to January 2027, to sustain life-saving assistance and respond to rising needs.
What the Ðǿմ«Ã½ is doing to respond to the Lebanon emergency
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Food and cash assistance
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Ðǿմ«Ã½ supplies hot meals, ready-to-eat rations, dry rations, bread, snacks, and cash. We also provide support through our regular programmes, promoting stability during a period of conflict and large upheaval.
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Refugees
