Lebanon has food, fuel and medicine to last for weeks in case of large-scale Israeli attack, minister says

Nasser Yassin, Lebanon’s environment minister and head of the National Emergency Committee, says that the country has food reserves sufficient for four months and fuel for four weeks.

In an interview with the Qatari-owned Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, Yassin adds that in the event of a large-scale attack by Israel, the country is in possession of enough medicines to supply hospitals for weeks, according to simulations conducted by the National Emergency Committee.

Lebanon has not registered hikes in food prices despite widespread fears of an escalation, Yassin continues, but there have been significant increases in rental prices in areas that witnessed a high influx of displaced people from the country’s south.

Only 2% of them moved to government-run shelters, while the remaining 98% relocated into homes, whether with relatives or rented, Yassin says. The Lebanese government will not be able to provide compensation or to rebuild the houses of those who have lost them, the minister adds, but has paid handouts to the families of war casualties.

So far, over 102,000 people have fled the border regions with Israel and over 500 have died, he notes.

Data shows that the overwhelming majority of those killed are Hezbollah members, beside a few dozen civilians. The Shiite terror group has named 412 members who have been killed by Israel since October 8, mostly in Lebanon but some also in Syria. In Lebanon, another 71 operatives from other terror groups and a Lebanese soldier have been killed.