Lebanon: Maintaining water and essential lifelines as hostilities disrupt essential services

The ICRC supported the continuity of essential health services in Lebanon by providing fuel to critical hospitals, including 35,000 liters to the Rafik Hariri University Hospital, 18,000 liters to Tebnine Governmental Hospital, and 40,000 liters to four hospitals in conflict-affected areas. To sustain operations, 6,000 liters of water were trucked daily to Salah Ghandour hospital in southern Lebanon, while medical oxygen, oxygen cylinders, and other deliveries helped maintain life-saving services in nine hospitals. Spare parts, pumps, maintenance tools, anti-blast films, and generator consumables were also provided to strengthen infrastructure resilience in Tebnine Governmental Hospital, alongside the installation of one generator in Sohmor Hospital in the Bekaa governorate. 

In addition, plumbing spare parts, passive security items, maintenance tools and materials, and consumables and maintenance for generators, were provided to hospitals including Rafik Hariri University Hospital, Tebnine, Hasbaya, Marjayoun, Sohmor, Jabal Amel, Hiram and Lebanese Italian Hospital. These measures helped sustain the continuity of health services for communities most affected by the hostilities.