BEIRUT August 17. 2024 (Saba) - About 110,000 people have been displaced from southern Lebanon since last October, the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has said, noting that 35% of these displaced people are children.
The office said estimates indicate that approximately 150,000 people remain within the 120-kilometre-long Blue Line separating Lebanon and Israel.
He added that the ongoing hostilities and daily exchanges of fire across the southern border continue to affect civilians on both sides of the border.
He reported that since October 2023, 16 attacks on healthcare have been reported, and 21 paramedics have been killed during hostilities, according to the World Health Organization.
Serious damage was recorded to the water, electricity, communications and road infrastructure in southern Lebanon.
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