Lebanon was already suffering myriads of crises before this conflict began.
Civilians are bearing the brunt of a “truly catastrophic” situation in Lebanon, a senior U.N. official said, urging respect for the rules of war nearly two weeks since Israel launched a major offensive against the armed group Hezbollah.
“What we saw from September 23 on is truly catastrophic,” Riza said in an interview with Reuters on Thursday. He was referring to the day when Israel dramatically ramped up airstrikes in Lebanon, killing more than 500 people in a single day, according to Lebanese government figures.
“You’ve got people being displaced from one place to another, thinking they were going to a safe place, and then that being struck,” Riza said. He noted that international humanitarian law requires that humanitarians be allowed to access people in need, and that civilian infrastructure and water systems be protected.
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