WHO Lebanon Health Emergency Situation update #14 (27 March 2026)

Country: Lebanon Sources: Health Cluster, World Health Organization Please refer to the attached file. Situation overview Impact of ongoing airstrikes • Over the past few days, hostilities in Lebanon have continued to damage critical transport infrastructure, including several bridges over the Litani River, contributing to severe restrictions on movement and access across affected regions. • The destruction of key crossings in Lebanon has cut off districts and left around 150,000 people isolated, including 4,688 internally displaced persons currently in shelters, and placed them out of reach of humanitarian convoys, making it increasingly difficult to deliver aid and essential supplies to vulnerable communities, particularly in the south (OCHA Flash Update #11). • This infrastructure damage is part of a broader escalation that has also seen displacement rise sharply and vital services disrupted, reinforcing an already volatile and deteriorating humanitarian situation. • Total number of hostilities reached 4,064 since 2 March 2026. Casualties and injury overview • MoPH reported a cumulative number of casualties since 2nd March has reached 4,457 including 1,142 deaths (including 122 children and 83 women) and 3,315 injuries as of 3:00pm on March 27, 2026. Injuries and deaths have been occurring daily since 2 March 2026, Fig 1. • Out of the total injured, 1,621 (49 %) were treated at Emergency room as outpatient 1,434 (43 %) admitted to regular wards and 260 (8 %) admitted to ICU. • The majority of fatalities and injuries occurred in Nabatiyeh (1,974 casualties), followed by the South (1,653 casualties), and Mount Lebanon (311 casualties), Additional cases were reported across other governorates. Fig 2. • Of the total casualties, 3,315 (84%) were male and 518 (16 %) females. • 12 % of the total casualties are children, 122 children are dead (11 %) and 403 children (12 %) are injured. Fig 3. Shows age distribution of causalities. • Nationality data shows that 93% (4,130 casualties) were Lebanese, 4 % (168 casualties) Syrian, 2% (80) Palestinian, and 1% (79 casualties) from other nationalities, Fig 4.

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