Insecurity Insight monitors attacks on health care in Lebanon and based on its data, the Lebanon chapter (in English and Arabic) of the 2024 Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC) report Epidemic of Violence identified 485 incidents of violence against or obstruction of health care in Lebanon in 2024. In these incidents, 408 health workers were killed and 419 injured. Emergency medical services were attacked on at least 310 occasions and health facilities damaged at least 208 times.
– The health care system was attacked by Israeli air strikes, resulting in a severe humanitarian crisis and deflated economy.
– In the first eight days of the Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) Operation Northern Arrow, 104 health workers were killed and 14 injured, and health facilities were damaged 75 times.
– One hundred out of 207 health centers were temporarily closed, and facilities struggled to cope with mass influxes of injured people.
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Published every two weeks, Insecurity Insight’s Attacks on Health Care New Brief tracks global threats and violence as well as protests and other events affecting the delivery of and access to health care. Explore our interactive map to see where incidents happened.