Deaths and Displacement in Lebanon - Update on the Human Rights Situation in Lebanon ( 2 - 22 March 2026)
SITUATION OVERVIEW Intermittent hostilities between the armed group Hezbollah and Israel persisted despite a ceasefire agreed on 27 November 2024 to bring an end to an intensive phase of conflict that had begun in October 2023. Israeli military operations continued almost daily thereafter, causing 139 civilian deaths in Lebanon up to 1 March 2026 as verified by OHCHR, while a small number of drone and rocket attacks originating from Lebanese territory were reported without civilian casualties in Israel. On 2 March 2026, renewed attacks by Hezbollah into Israel, in the context of the wider conflict in the Middle East, led to massive strikes by Israeli military forces in response that have continued since. This update covers the human rights situation in Lebanon during the first three weeks
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SITUATION OVERVIEW Intermittent hostilities between the armed group Hezbollah and Israel persisted despite a ceasefire agreed on 27 November 2024 to bring an end to an intensive phase of conflict that had begun in October 2023. Israeli military operations continued almost daily thereafter, causing 139 civilian deaths in Lebanon up to 1 March 2026 as verified by OHCHR, while a small number of drone and rocket attacks originating from Lebanese territory were reported without civilian casualties in Israel. On 2 March 2026, renewed attacks by Hezbollah into Israel, in the context of the wider conflict in the Middle East, led to massive strikes by Israeli military forces in response that have continued since. This update covers the human rights situation in Lebanon during the first three weeks