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Lebanon Activity Log | June 2025

by Anera

Jun 30, 2025

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This log offers a real-time day-by-day record of Anera’s humanitarian work in Lebanon. It captures the daily efforts of Anera’s staff as they deliver vital projects and programs to communities across the country.

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Israel Tightens Access Restrictions in an Increasingly Locked-down West Bank

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Jun 20, 2025

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Since the recent military exchanges between Israel and Iran began, Israel has placed the occupied West Bank under a sweeping lockdown. Towns and villages have been sealed off with iron gates and concrete barriers, and movement is choked by a growing network of military checkpoints. The Israeli army has intensified its presence in areas like…

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Water is Life and Life is a Struggle in Gaza

by Anera

May 20, 2025

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In the crowded displacement camps of central Gaza, two stories – one of a young man recently returned from Europe and another of a determined grandmother – capture the fight for survival amid one of the worst humanitarian crises in the region’s history. For both, life now revolves around one basic need: water. From Sweden’s…

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Jordan Situation Report | May 2025

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May 19, 2025

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>>Read the full situation report Overview The suspension of aid through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has triggered widespread disruption across Jordan’s aid-dependent economy, hitting the country’s most vulnerable populations, including refugees and people with disabilities, hardest. The impact has been immediate and severe, with an estimated 35,000 Jordanian and American workers…

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Humanitarian Access Snapshot (Jan. 19 – Apr. 15) for Gaza and the West Bank

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Apr 17, 2025

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Humanitarian conditions in Gaza and the West Bank sharply worsened between January and April 2025, with aid blockades, mass displacement, and attacks on civilians and humanitarian workers severely hindering relief efforts.

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Palestine Situation Report | March 2025

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Mar 19, 2025

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>>> Read the full report Israel launched a massive air assault across Gaza in the early morning hours of March 18. The attacks broke the fragile ceasefire agreement signed in January 2025, resulting in the death and injury of over 900 Palestinians. The return to war followed the Israeli imposition of a total blockade on…

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Humanity in a Place of Our Own

Mar 13, 2025

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Reflections from Gaza As a ceasefire tenuously holds, we can begin to ask if the longest and most brutal war Gaza has ever experienced is truly over. We can begin to take stock of what the people of Gaza have survived and suffered. And we can begin to build a new reality: one defined by…

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Lebanon Situation Report | February 2025

by Anera

Feb 25, 2025

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>>> Read the Situation Report Under the initial ceasefire agreement reached between Israel and Hezbollah in November, Israel was expected to withdraw its forces from southern Lebanon by January 26. However, Israel has refused to pull back, and the deadline has been extended to February 18. Violence in Lebanon Military activity persists in various regions…

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Palestine Situation Report | February 2025

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Feb 13, 2025

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>>> Read the Situation Report On January 19, 2025, at 11:15 a.m. local time, a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian armed groups took effect. The first 42-day phase includes the withdrawal of Israeli forces from population centers, excluding designated buffer zones, and a phased withdrawal from the Netzarim corridor. The agreement also stipulates that there…

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A Climate Change Wake-Up Call

by Anera

Jan 31, 2025

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Lebanon has gone through the entire month of January without significant rainfall  –  a troubling sign for a country already grappling with the effects of post-war recovery and a multiyear economic crisis.

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