The Disaster Management Commission is working on an emergency plan which previews international collaboration across the health, food, accommodation and logistics sectors in case the unabating violence along the southern border with Israel expands to other parts of Lebanon.
In an interview with “Voice of Lebanon” Radio on Monday, caretaker Minister of Environment Nasser Yassin unveiled that the emergency plan is structured around various scenarios, with the most significant one being a potential Israeli attack on Lebanon.
In his perspective, Lebanon should have developed a preliminary plan, drawing from the experience of the 2006 war, particularly in terms of humanitarian assistance and housing.
Regarding the plan’s implementation, Yassin disclosed that crisis management cells and the Disaster Management Commission are actively engaged in the various districts across the country. Work has already commenced in the seven regions most susceptible to bombings, located in the South and the Bekaa.
Yassin further revealed that a drill will be conducted to test provision of aid to one million displaced people, of which 20% will be accommodated in shelters for a duration of forty-five days.
He emphasized that funding is presently available, primarily through the Ministry of Finance, while additional financial support will be provided by international organizations reallocating their resources.
According to Yassin, these organizations are currently supplying four hundred food rations daily and are prepared to offer fifty-five thousand if the need arises.
Yassin also noted that essential supplies are being readied for 800 displaced individuals who have sought refuge in shelters in Tyre.
