Médecins Sans Frontières - ENG - Head of Mission, Beirut, March 6, 2026

Unique Identifier Code / URN MSF360239

Date taken / Date Recorded 06/03/2026 4:28 PM

Country Lebanon

Commissioning section MSF-SWITZERLAND

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Duration 1m29s

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Additional Information / Shotlist LEBANON
Beirut, MArch 6, 2026

Jeremy Ristord, MSF Head of mission in Lebanon

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Hundreds of thousands,

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around 25% of
the Lebanese population

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are currently under
evacuation orders.

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Yesterday's evacuation orders in
the southern suburbs of Beirut,

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affected on area covering almost
the entirety of Manhattan,

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with 400,000 people having to flee
in a matter of hour

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under the threat
of imminant bombing.

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In many parts of Lebanon, people
are sleeping in cars on the streets,

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because there's nowhere else to go.

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Israel's bombardments
and incursions

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are driving families
away from their home.

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They need protection, water,
basic relief items

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and access to health care.

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Our teams are in Beirut,
Bekaa, Chouf

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where we have distributed
over 350,000 litres of water,

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and over seven tons
of essential relief items

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to displaced population,
including children and elderies.

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We are scaling up
our response nationwide

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and dispatching mobile cliniques
to displacement sites.

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Many of our staff and colleagues
in Southern Lebanon,

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Bekaa and Southern Beirut,

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are witnessing and experiencing
this first hand.

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Some have sought refuge
with their family with hours

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stranding on congested roads
as they tried to evacuate,

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while many others who have
chosen to stay behind

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describe the intense airstrikes
and devastation around them.

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This comes after
15 months of a ceasefire

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that never brought
an end to Israeli attacks,

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leaving families, once again,
facing impossible choices:

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fleeing their home,
or staying at their threats.