More than half of Lebanon’s population depends on humanitarian aid, a European Union official says according to AFP, as Israel continues its attacks on the country despite a ceasefire with Hezbollah.
“At present, more than three million people, meaning more than half of the population here in Lebanon, depend on humanitarian aid to survive,” EU crisis management chief Hadja Lahbib told reporters after meeting Lebanese President Joseph Aoun in Beirut.
Lahbib said that since the start of the war on March 2, the 27-member bloc has provided 100 million euros in aid and sent six planes carrying humanitarian aid, with a seventh expected on Saturday.
