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In September , Israel launched a barrage of airstrikes against Lebanon, marking the deadliest day since the country’s 2006 war. Our teams have been on the ground since 2006, working especially in the South and Bekaa Valley, but we have never faced a humanitarian crisis as severe as this one. What’s the scale of the crisis?
We are enduring the most intense and deadliest exchange of fire since the 2006 armed conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. Lebanon’s 558 casualties on 23 September alone represent half the total number of deaths experienced in the entire 2006 conflict. But previous crises pale compared to the scale of violence in the last few weeks.
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