Lebanon Health Sector Emergency Situation Report Issue #20 – August 03, 2026

Country: Lebanon Sources: Health Cluster, World Health Organization Please refer to the attached file. Situation Update Lebanon’s health response continues to operate in a fragile environment shaped by insecurity, access constraints, population movements, damaged infrastructure, and limited resources. During the reporting period, newly reported attacks on healthcare and ongoing service delivery challenges continued to affect access to essential health services, particularly in conflict-affected, border, displacement, and return areas. Since 13 July, two new incidents were reported through the Surveillance System for Attacks on Health Care, resulting in four injuries and no deaths. Since the ceasefire announcement on 17 April, 67 attacks on healthcare have been documented, resulting in 39 deaths and 179 injuries. Overall, since 2 March, 213 incidents have been recorded, causing 135 deaths and 410 injuries, underscoring the continued need for monitoring and protection of healthcare. In parts of South and Nabatieh governorates, including border villages, return areas, and some locations north of the Zahrani River, service delivery remains constrained by movement restrictions, transportation barriers, damaged infrastructure, variable facility functionality, and fragmented referral pathways. Health worker access, particularly for physicians serving PHCCs in Arkoub and Sour, remains affected by movement and transport challenges. Three hospitals remain non-operational, and 27 PHCs remain closed, while some facilities are gradually resuming services through cleaning, rehabilitation, temporary relocation, PSU-based services, or alternative health team arrangements. Health partners continue to provide PHCC- and PSU-level services across multiple governorates, including outreach, consultations, vaccination, chronic disease care, nutrition support, emergency referrals, acute and chronic medications, assistive devices, and hygiene-related items. On 29 July, the Health Sector convened an After-Action Review with the Ministry of Public Health and partners to reflect on the 2026 emergency response, including the Flash Appeal, Flash Appeal extension, and LRP 2026. Discussions highlighted improved coordination and partner readiness that enabled the immediate response to escalation, while identifying persistent challenges related to sustainable financing, shelter preparedness and lengthy approval processes, information management and timely data sharing, disease surveillance, workforce capacity, referral pathways, and accountability to affected population. Health partners identified several priority needs to sustain and expand the response, including continued access to essential medicines for acute and chronic conditions; support for secondary healthcare services, particularly emergency, trauma, obstetric, neonatal, and intensive care; expanded mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS), especially for children and adolescents affected by conflict and displacement; strengthened emergency medical services (EMS) and ambulance networks; replacement of damaged or depleted medical equipment and supplies; expanded physical rehabilitation services and provision of assistive devices for people with conflict-related injuries and disabilities; and support for follow-up surgical care and specialized treatment for war-wounded patients requiring multiple reconstructive, orthopedic, and rehabilitation related interventions to ensure continuity of care and prevent long-term disability. Partners emphasized the need to shift from short-term gap-filling toward preparedness, stabilization, recovery, and health system strengthening through updated service mapping, simplified reporting, stronger referral systems, and sustained national and subnational coordination.

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