Lebanon’s health system struggles as dozens of clinics close amid Israeli airstrikes

Lebanon’s healthcare system is facing “immense challenges” after five facilities were targeted in airstrikes and 38 staff were killed, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has warned.1

In a situation update on 2 October, the UN said Israel has continued to “target densely populated areas across Lebanon” for a second consecutive week, “driving waves of displacement and further exacerbating the needs of affected and displaced populations.” Around 40 primary healthcare centres have been forced to close and …