Across the Middle East, the escalation of conflict is exacerbating already significant humanitarian needs, disrupting essential services, increasing population displacement, and exposing civilians and humanitarian workers to considerable risk.
Action Against Hunger operates across the region — including Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Gaza, West Bank, Jordan, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan — responding to both acute emergencies and long-term humanitarian needs.
The escalation of conflict in Lebanon — marked by continued airstrikes, mass displacement orders, ground incursions, and rapidly rising internal displacement — has triggered a large-scale humanitarian crisis. Lebanon’s Disaster Risk Management Unit, led by the Lebanese Council of Ministers, estimates that up to one million people could be displaced if hostilities continue.
“Families already worn down by years of hardship are once again on the move, with thousands forced to sleep in cars and public spaces,” said Suzanne Takkenberg, Action Against Hunger’s Regional Director for the Middle East. “International support is urgently needed to sustain a response at the scale this crisis demands.”
In response, Action Against Hunger is intensifying our emergency operations across the country, expanding support for newly created collective shelters, and increasing the delivery of essential aid.
Since the conflict reached Lebanon on March 2nd, 2026, Action Against Hunger has activated emergency response mechanisms and conducted rapid needs assessments, coordinating closely with national authorities and humanitarian partners to ensure complementary efforts and avoid duplication.
As of today, we have supported 32 collective shelters, including 6 in Baalbek District, 8 in West Bekaa, 4 in Zahle and 11 in Aley District, in Mount Lebanon. Teams are distributing food, bottled water, and hygiene supplies, and providing Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) emergency services for infants, young children, and their caregivers.
Action Against Hunger urges the international community to:
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