Deaths and Displacement in Lebanon – Update on the Human Rights Situation in Lebanon ( 2 – 22 March 2026)

Country: Lebanon Source: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Please refer to the attached file. SITUATION OVERVIEW Intermittent hostilities between the armed group Hezbollah and Israel persisted despite a ceasefire agreed on 27 November 2024 to bring an end to an intensive phase of conflict that had begun in October 2023. Israeli military operations continued almost daily thereafter, causing 139 civilian deaths in Lebanon up to 1 March 2026 as verified by OHCHR, while a small number of drone and rocket attacks originating from Lebanese territory were reported without civilian casualties in Israel. On 2 March 2026, renewed attacks by Hezbollah into Israel, in the context of the wider conflict in the Middle East, led to massive strikes by Israeli military forces in response that have continued since. This update covers the human rights situation in Lebanon during the first three weeks of the major escalation occurring since 2 March 2026, during which at least 1, 029 people were killed, 2, 786 injured, and more than one million persons displaced in Lebanon, according to the Government of Lebanon. Hezbollah rockets fired on residential areas in Israel over that period resulted in civilian injuries and damage to residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure. Severe humanitarian impact and damage to civilian objects: Across successive escalations since October 2023, tens of thousands of buildings have been damaged or destroyed and hospitals, schools, religious sites have been severely impacted in Lebanon. Apparent violations of international humanitarian law: OHCHR has documented patterns of attacks on civilians in populated areas and residential buildings in Israel and Lebanon, as well as on medical personnel and relief organizations in Lebanon, and other conduct that may amount to serious violations of international humanitarian law. Intense re-escalation and mass displacement: Following Hezbollah rocket fire toward Haifa on 2 March 2026, Israel relaunched largescale military operations (extending to Lebanon Operation “Roaring Lion”) across south Lebanon, the Bekaa, Baalbek and Beirut’s southern suburbs, forcing over one million people to flee within the first three weeks of the escalation, with large blanket warnings and displacement orders leaving many with nowhere to go. Among the civilian casualties in Lebanon, at least 40 health workers were killed and 119 injured between 2 and 22 March 2026 alone, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health. Hezbollah rocket fire resulted in civilian injuries, damage to civilian infrastructure as well as civilian displacement in Israel.

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