10/08/2024

U.N. Aid Workers Fear Same 'Spiral of Doom' in Lebanon as Gaza

Nine hospitals shut or partially functional in Lebanon, WHO says

U.N. officials voiced concern on Tuesday that the same methods of warfare used by Israel that caused high civilian casualties and widespread destruction in Gaza are now being repeated in Lebanon, calling for action to avoid the same "spiral of doom".

Israeli forces have begun ground operations in the southwest of Lebanon, escalating a year-long conflict with the Iran-backed group Hezbollah that has killed more than 1,000 people in the past two weeks and prompted the mass flight of over a million people.

In the Gaza Strip, nearly 42,000 Palestinians have been killed and most of the 2.3 million population displaced in the war triggered by the Oct. 7, 2023, cross-border attack by Hamas in which gunmen killed 1,200 people and took 250 hostages.

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