The aid package will, among other things, finance access to emergency housing and food, as well as to water, sanitation and hygiene packages. Benjamin Dousa describes the humanitarian situation in the country as “very urgent.”
It was already bad before the Israeli offensive began. Over 70 percent of the country's total population is now in need of humanitarian assistance, which is why our food packages, our tents, beds and temporary shelters will make a huge difference.
The minister further said that the government "views with great concern that the situation for aid workers has deteriorated significantly in recent days."
For example, a member of the Lebanese Red Cross was killed in an Israeli attack on March 11.
A larger portion of the money goes to the UN refugee agency, the humanitarian aid fund for Lebanon and the food program, while a fifth goes to the International Committee of the Red Cross, Save the Children and the Lebanese Red Cross.
