Lebanon receives emergency medical supplies from WHO
Lebanon has received 32 tons of emergency medical supplies from the World Health Organization for "treating war wounds" in efforts to increase readiness for "escalation in the Israeli aggression on Lebanon", a health ministry statement said.
Health Minister Firas Abiad said another supply shipment was due to arrive in the coming days.
Lebanon is ill-prepared for war, with public services including the health sector hit hard by a more than four-year-long economic crisis that has also pushed many medical professionals to emigrate.
The cross-border violence since October has killed at least 550 people in Lebanon, mostly fighters but also including at least 116 civilians, according to an AFP tally.
On the Israeli side, including the annexed Golan Heights, 22 soldiers and 25 civilians have been killed, according to army figures.
Source: Agence France Presse
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