Photo used for demonstration purposes. Ground staff unload a medical aid shipment provided by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), from a plane at the Beirut International Airport on October 4, 2024. Photo by IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP.
Beirut, Lebanon: The head of the United Nations refugee agency arrived in Lebanon on Saturday on a "solidarity" visit for those affected by Israeli bombardment, decrying a "terrible crisis" that requires international support.
UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi said on social network X that "Lebanon faces a terrible crisis" as "hundreds of thousands of people are left destitute or displaced by Israeli air strikes", adding: "I have come here in solidarity with those affected, to support the humanitarian effort and to ask for more international help."
