Published: 24 August 2021
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Residents line up for days to get petrol; electricity runs for two hours a day; UNICEF predicts imminent water shortages; Iran and Hezbollah bring oil shipment to Lebanon
‘Hell on earth’: Lebanon unliveable as economic, fuel crises deepen (Times of Israel)
Residents line up for days to get gas, while electricity only runs for two hours a day, and a lack of street and traffic lights creates a dystopian feel in the once vibrant country
UNICEF: More than four million Lebanese face water shortages (Jerusalem Post)
UNICEF has said that should the public water supply system collapse, water costs could jump by 200% a month as water would be secured from private water suppliers.
Lebanon to raise fuel prices in bid to ease crippling shortages (Reuters)
Lebanon: UK withdraws embassy staff due to fuel shortages (Middle East Eye)
Britain said it had to withdraw some non-essential staff due to Lebanon's fuel shortages affecting its operations
Iranian oil shipment to Lebanon poses new challenge for Israel (Haaretz)
This new unsupervised axis through the Suez Canal will be perceived as a Hezbollah accomplishment testing both Israel and Egypt
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A short drive From Tel Aviv, hundreds live without power or water (Haaretz)
The blistering heat hasn't stopped Israel from abusing Palestinians living in the Jordan Valley and destroying their property and meager livelihoods. This week the authorities confiscated precious solar panels, decimated dirt roads and uprooted groves there

