Lebanon: “They stayed” – a healthcare system strained after 46 days of bombardment
April 22, 2026The war in Lebanon – now under a fragile 10-day ceasefire - had a devastating impact on Lebanon’s healthcare system and staff. While bombings by Israeli forces killed and injured people, attacks on first responders and the vicinity and on...
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Lebanon: Within These Walls I Tried to Forget, Hope Finds Its Way
April 17, 2026Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is supporting forcibly displaced communities across Lebanon through mobile clinics providing primary health care, medications for non-communicable diseases, sexual and reproductive health services, and mental health support.Access to safe water and sanitation remains one...
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Lebanon: Humanitarian scale-up urgently needed after almost two months of devastation
April 17, 2026Following the announcement of a temporary ceasefire, a fragile sense of relief is overshadowed by uncertainty and caution among people in Lebanon. The humanitarian and medical needs of hundreds of thousands of people in Lebanon remain overwhelming. In southern Beirut,...
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‘Have You Seen My Brother?’ Inside a Mass-Casualty Night at Rafik Hariri Hospital
April 16, 2026On Wednesday, 8 April, Israeli forces launched mass-scale strikes across the country, reportedly over a 100 in 10 minutes. Many hit densely populated residential areas, and once again without prior notice or warning. The following is a firsthand account from...
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Lebanon: Testimonies from displaced migrant patients
April 12, 2026Written testimonies of displaced migrant workers in Ghosta, Mount Lebanon, unofficial shelter, where MSF provides medical care. 17/03/2026. Ahmad A Sudanese Palestinian migrant worker living in Lebanon, forcibly displaced by the current war “I used to live in the south...
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Lebanon: Large-scale attacks by Israeli forces, mass casualties in multiple hospitals
April 9, 2026Less than 10 hours after the announcement of a regional ceasefire, a little after 2pm, Israeli forces conducted a large-scale attack of several airstrikes across Lebanon. The attacks struck multiple locations, including major cities. Hospitals across the country are reporting...
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Lebanon: Latest escalation worsens migrant communities access to healthcare
April 6, 2026After one month of escalated bombardment and blanket evacuation orders by Israeli forces in Lebanon, more than one million people have been forcibly displaced. Among the most vulnerable are migrant workers from different African and Southeast Asian countries and other...
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Lebanon: People are being cut off from care as Israeli attacks intensify
March 24, 2026Beirut, Lebanon, 24 March 2026 – Four weeks into the latest escalation in Lebanon, Israel's ongoing bombardment and the subsequent forced displacement of people is severely impacting people lives and their access to essential services, warns Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without...
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Lebanon: Families face uncertainty under bombardment and new evacuation orders
March 16, 2026In less than two weeks, more than 800,000 people have been forced to flee their homes and towns in Lebanon, due to relentless Israeli bombings and blanket evacuation orders that are not sparing anyone.These mass displacements are deepening people’s vulnerabilities,...
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Lebanon: MSF scales up response as displacement rises across the country
March 9, 2026Beirut, March 7, 2026 – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams across Lebanon have rapidly adapted their activities to respond to the growing humanitarian needs resulting from the escalation of violence and the mass displacement of people due to Israel's relentless...
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Lebanon: Israel increases airstrikes causing massive displacement of people
March 3, 2026Since the early hours of this morning (March 2, 2026), tens of thousands of people have been fleeing their towns and homes, following relentless Israeli bombings on several areas of Lebanon. Our teams have witnessed large waves of displacement, severe...
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Life and Loss in Southern Lebanon: Where is the ceasefire?
February 27, 2026Sitting among his peers, surrounded by notebooks and crayons, 12-year-old Mohamad Mehdi recalled the day his and his family's lives changed forever: "I was at school and saw the teachers running in the hallways, so I thought they [Israeli warplanes]...
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