Country: Lebanon Sources: Logistics Cluster, World Food Programme Please refer to the attached file. Background Lebanon is experiencing its most severe conflict since the 2006 Lebanon War. The crisis, which started to intensify in October 2023, escalated further in September 2024 with widespread ground hostilities across all governorates in Lebanon. After a period of gradually decreasing tensions in 2025, the renewed hostilities on 2 March 2026 triggered large‐scale military operations across Lebanon, resulting in massive displacement and civilian casualties. Based on 2006 and 2024 trends, the overall number of displaced people is likely many times higher than the number of IDPs in collective shelters. Successive mass evacuation orders have significantly intensified forced displacement. The conflict has severely disrupted humanitarian operations, with infrastructure damaged, causing access constraints, and limiting international crossing points hampering humanitarian aid delivery. The situation remains volatile, with security concerns persisting, particularly in high-risk areas such as South Lebanon and Bekaa. Deconfliction measures and humanitarian notification systems are in place to minimize security risks in humanitarian movements. Meanwhile, rapid escalation of instability in the gulf region has increased pressures on supply routes, strained borders and prompting additional risks for the supply and logistics infrastructure in Lebanon. To address these challenges, the Logistics and Telecommunications Cluster (LTC), led by the World Food Programme, was activated on 16 March 2026 to provide coordination, information management support, and facilitating access to common logistics services for storage and transport through convoys.
Lebanon Logistics and Telecommunications Cluster – Concept of Operations (20 March 2026)
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