{"id":38063,"date":"2026-03-21T17:43:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T06:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=38063"},"modified":"2026-03-21T17:43:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T06:43:00","slug":"further-humanitarian-assistance-for-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/03\/21\/further-humanitarian-assistance-for-lebanon\/","title":{"rendered":"Further humanitarian assistance for Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Australia will provide an additional $5 million for lifesaving assistance to civilians impacted by the ongoing conflict in Lebanon, with a focus on the most vulnerable, particularly women and children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recent\u202fescalation in the conflict has led to a significant deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Lebanon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are seeing increasing and widespread displacement, with families in desperate need of essential food and medical care. More than one million people have already fled their homes, including over 200,000 children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Australia&#8217;s\u202fassistance\u202fwill be delivered by trusted partners:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>$3 million to the World Food Programme (WFP) to provide emergency food\u202fassistance\u202f<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>$2 million to the United Nations Children&#8217;s Fund (UNICEF) for nutrition\u202fassistance, access to water and health services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This latest funding brings Australia&#8217;s humanitarian\u202fassistance\u202ffor\u202fcivilians\u202faffected by the conflict in\u202fGaza and Lebanon to over $135 million since October 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong> Foreign Minister Penny Wong:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;We know this is a distressing time for Australians in Lebanon and for the Australian-Lebanese community here at home thinking of their family members and loved ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We are gravely concerned by the expansion of the conflict into Lebanon, the loss of life and the displacement of more than one million civilians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Australia condemns Hizballah for its ongoing strikes on Israel and for dragging Lebanon into conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Australia calls for all parties to adhere to international humanitarian law and for the protection of civilians and aid workers. A major Israeli ground offensive into Lebanon will only exacerbate the worsening humanitarian situation in the country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>International Development Minister Anne Aly:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;The escalating conflict\u202fin Lebanon\u202fis\u202fexacerbating\u202fan already dire humanitarian situation.\u202fAustralia&#8217;s humanitarian support will provide\u202femergency food,\u202fwater\u202fand health\u202fassistance\u202ffor\u202fdisplaced civilians across Lebanon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;At this time of crisis, Australia\u202fis working closely with the international community and our humanitarian partners to support the people of Lebanon through\u202fthe provision of\u202flifesaving\u202faid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Humanitarian personnel must also be protected, consistent with international humanitarian law.\u202fAid\u202fworkers save lives. Their dedication to improving the lives of others should not cost them their own lives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia will provide an additional $5 million for lifesaving assistance to civilians impacted by the ongoing conflict in Lebanon, with a focus on the most vulnerable, particularly women and children. The recent\u202fescalation in the conflict has led to a significant deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Lebanon. We are seeing increasing and widespread displacement, with &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/03\/21\/further-humanitarian-assistance-for-lebanon\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Further humanitarian assistance for Lebanon&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38063"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38064,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38063\/revisions\/38064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}