Lebanon, Palestine & other topics - Daily Press Briefing | United Nations

Noon Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Highlights:

Lebanon/UNIFIL
Lebanon/Humanitarian
Occupied Palestinian Territory
Syria
Deputy Secretary-General
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Haiti
Ukraine

Lebanon/UNIFIL
In Lebanon, the monitoring mechanism for the cessation of hostilities met yesterday.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) commenced its withdrawal from areas around Naqoura yesterday. The IDF is still present elsewhere in the UNIFIL area of operations but the preparation of its phased withdrawal, in parallel with the increased deployment of the Lebanese Armed Forces to southern Lebanon, continues.
Yesterday and today, UNIFIL supported the re-deployment of the Lebanese forces to positions in Naqoura and Alma al-Sha’b after Israeli forces withdrew.
UNIFIL continues to liaise and coordinate with both parties to de-conflict and support the implementation of Security Council resolution 1701.

Lebanon/Humanitarian
On the humanitarian front, in Lebanon we and our partners today extended the Flash Appeal, originally launched on 1 October 2024, for a further three months, covering January to March 2025.
The extended Flash appeal calls for US$371 million to provide critical assistance and protection to one million Lebanese, Syrians, Palestine refugees in Lebanon, Palestinian refugees from Syria, and migrants.
More than one month since the cessation of hostilities, humanitarian needs in the country remain pressing. While over 880,000 people displaced by the conflict have started to return to their home areas, many find their homes, as well as infrastructure and essential services, damaged or destroyed.
Moreover, nearly 125,000 people are still displaced outside their areas of origin, unable to return, including to the more than 60 villages and areas for which the Israeli Army continues to reiterate that civilians should not return.

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