Lebanon Response Plan 2026 Addendum
Country: Lebanon Sources: Government of Lebanon, United Nations Please refer to the attached file. Overview The 2026 Lebanon Response Plan (LRP) Addendum has been developed in response to the significant deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Lebanon during 2026, following renewed hostilities and continued socio-economic decline. While the LRP 2026 remains the overarching framework guiding the collective humanitarian and stabilization response in Lebanon, evolving conflict dynamics, large-scale displacement, infrastructure damage, and worsening protection risks have generated urgent additional needs requiring an expanded and adapted response. Lebanon entered 2026 facing the cumulative impacts of a prolonged economic crisis, weakened public institutions, rising poverty, and the lasting consequences of the 2024 conflict escalation. However, the sharp escalation of hostilities beginning in March 2026 fundamentally altered the humanitarian context. Renewed conflict triggered mass displacement, civilian casualties, extensive damage to homes and critical infrastructure, disruption of basic services, and additional pressure on already overstretched national systems and local authorities. The impacts of the escalation have been felt across population groups in Lebanon, including Lebanese communities, refugees and migrants, with pre-existing vulnerabilities further compounded by displacement, insecurity and deteriorating access to services and livelihoods. Access to healthcare, education, livelihoods, shelter, water, and protection services has been further constrained, while vulnerable communities continue to face increasing economic hardship and reduced coping capacity. To address these rapidly evolving needs, the humanitarian partners in cooperation with the Government of Lebanon launched the Flash Appeal for March 2026, subsequently revised in June 2026 to reflect the expanding scale and severity of the crisis, seeking US$639.9 million to support 1.4 million people with life-saving, multi-sectoral assistance between March and August 2026. This Addendum provides the operational bridge between the strategic vision of the LRP 2026 and the emergency priorities identified through the 2026 Flash Appeal. It outlines the additional humanitarian requirements, sectoral adjustments, geographical priorities, and resource needs resulting from the deterioration of the context. The Addendum will also align, through relevant sector interventions, with the Government of Lebanon’s Return, Early Recovery and Restoration of Basic Services Plan. Within the humanitarian and stabilization mandate of the LRP, sector responses will complement Government priorities for the return of internally displaced Lebanese and the restoration of essential services in conflict-affected areas, including through interventions such as cash for rent, minor shelter rehabilitation and repairs, restoration of essential services and support to affected national and local systems. Recognizing the increasingly interconnected nature of humanitarian, recovery, and stabilization needs in Lebanon, the Addendum maintains the LRP's emphasis on localization, protection, accountability to affected populations, and support to national service delivery systems. The 2026 Lebanon Response Plan (LRP) Addendum presents a prioritized, evidence-based addition to the 2026 LRP for the period September to December 2026. The Addendum retains the strategic objectives and overall framework of the LRP 2026 while updating sector priorities, targets and financial requirements to reflect the needs and the operational context not accounted for in the LRP 2026. Through this Addendum, humanitarian and stabilization partners seek US$385.88 million to provide prioritized assistance to 732,125 people during September-December 2026. These financial requirements reflect the continued humanitarian and stabilization needs resulting from the 2026 escalation, including multiple and prolonged displacement, returns, damages to infrastructure and essential services, protection risks, livelihood losses and increased pressure on communities and national systems. The requirements presented in this Addendum cover humanitarian and stabilization interventions from September through December 2026 additional to the LRP 2026 and do not revise or re-cost the original 2026 LRP, whose financial requirements remain unchanged. The LRP Addendum addresses the needs of vulnerable populations affected by the escalation of hostilities, including Lebanese nationals, displaced Syrians, Palestine Refugees from Syria (PRS), Palestine Refugees in Lebanon (PRL), and migrants. For population groups whose needs are not covered by the Addendum, assistance will continue to be provided through the LRP 2026 framework. The situation in Lebanon remains fragile. Despite the partial reduction in hostilities, needs remain acute. Multiple and prolonged displacement, continued insecurity, uneven and reversed returns, damaged homes and services, and deepening socio-economic vulnerability underscore the need for continued humanitarian assistance, support to local authorities, and investments in social stability. While displacement has declined considerably from its peak, it remains substantial. As of 26 August, the International Organization for Migration's (IOM) Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) Round 114 recorded 334,353 internally displaced persons (IDPs), including 19,543 people in 196 collective sites, while 823,337people had begun returning to their areas of origin. Most people who remain displaced are living outside collective shelters, including in rented accommodation, private hosting arrangements and other settings where needs may be less visible and sustained assistance more difficult to access. Humanitarian as well as stabilization needs persist. Many families have returned to areas where homes, productive assets, and essential infrastructure have been severely damaged, while access to basic services and livelihood opportunities remains still limited. Others continue to require assistance in displacement, whether in collective shelters, rented accommodation, or hosting arrangements. Insecurity, explosive ordnance contamination, damaged infrastructure, limited livelihood opportunities and the high cost of repairs continue to constrain safe, dignified and sustainable return. The joint CRNS-L and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) assessment estimated direct building damage at approximately US$3 billion in South Lebanon alone, affecting tens of thousands of housing units, while a separate assessment estimated more than US$365 million in direct building damage across Beirut and Mount Lebanon. The human cost of the escalation also remains severe. As of 1 September, the Ministry of Public Health had recorded at least 4,353 deaths and 12,323 injuries since 2 March. Although the intensity and geographic pattern of hostilities have evolved, civilians continue to face insecurity, movement restrictions and barriers to services, particularly in conflict-affected areas. Humanitarian access remains subject to rapidly changing security conditions, damaged roads and infrastructure, explosive ordnance risks and restrictions affecting both civilians and response actors.
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