(27 Sep 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Beirut, Lebanon – 27 September, 2024
1. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): Qian Minjian, China’s ambassador to Lebanon:
“The Chinese government has given a cash donation of $1 million to displaced Lebanese people from the south. We have always stood with Lebanon, and especially during these times. I would like to confirm that China opposes any action that violates Lebanon’s sovereignty and stability. China also opposes and condemns any random attacks against civilians.”
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2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): Hector Hajjar, Lebanon’s Social Affairs Minister:
"There’s more aid other than the $1 million that will be transferred today. We are getting $2.3 million in aid from the European Union, Canada and other countries. This is monetary aid, so we’re talking about cash. This monetary aid will be for the poorest families.”
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3. SOUNDBITE (English): Matthew Hollingworth, Director of the World Food Program in Lebanon:
“We will provide around 45,000 people, 10,000 families, a cash transfer for two months, people who are directly impacted by this war, by this horrific event.”
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STORYLINE:
China, the European Union, Canada, and other countries have donated millions of dollars to Lebanon to aid the displaced families form the south.
Lebanon’s Minister of Social Affairs, Hector Hajjar said China has donated $1 million, while other countries will be sending $2.3 million to help families from the south that have been displaced due to ongoing fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.
The World Food Program also said they will be providing 45,000 people, or 10,000 families, with cash assistance for two months.
On Monday, Israel struck 1,600 targets across Lebanon, killing 492 people and wounding 1,645, and causing a massive wave of displacement as thousands fled from south Lebanon north.
It was a staggering one-day toll that shocked a nation used to war. It was by far the deadliest barrage since the monthlong 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war, when an estimated 1,000 people in Lebanon were killed.
The Lebanese health minister said Israeli strikes on Wednesday killed more than 50 people. That raised the death toll from the previous three days to 615, with more than 2,000 people wounded.
Throughout the day, the Israeli military sent warnings to residents to immediately evacuate in anticipation of the strikes and to stay away from places where Hezbollah stores weapons — something most would have no way of knowing.
Hezbollah started firing rockets on Israel in support of Gaza on Oct. 8, a day after Hamas militants launched an unprecedented attack on Israel, killing some 1,200 people and abducting another 250.
Since then, the two sides have been engaged in cross border strikes that have gradually escalated and displaced tens of thousands of civilians on both sides of the border.
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