Lebanon is facing a “perfect storm of unpredictable challenges” as escalating conflict, mass displacement and shrinking humanitarian resources collide, the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in the country, Imran Riza, told UN News. 

Mr. Riza described a rapidly deteriorating situation in which civilians, particularly children, are paying the highest price.

In just over a week, around 700,000 people have registered as displaced through Lebanon’s Ministry of Social Affairs, while schools across the country have been turned into shelters, disrupting education for thousands of children.

Speaking to UN News’ Reem Abaza, he warned that the humanitarian response is struggling to keep pace as funding declines and regional support weakens.