Higher relief committee Daily situation report Sitre p No: 008 Date: 01/08/2006

1-Current situation :

• As Lebanese Living south of the litani River, rushed to vacate their homes after Qana massacre and the declared 48-hours suspension of Israeli air strikes in the area, Rescue workers began on Monday digging up dozens of bodies from under the rubble of villages in south Lebanon and Bekaa Valley, Lebanese health minister Mohammad Khalifeh put the number of unrecovered bodies and missing at 200. 1) The Lebanese Red Cross along with international emergency forces, worked on recovering more than 50 bodies that were still under the rubble of destroyed homes in the village of Srifa. 2) The Lebanese Red Cross teams also recovered 12 bodies on the roads in the south, among them an 8-year old child, IRC spokesman said. 3) Eight more bodies were pulled out from under the rubble on the roads of the southern region of tyre and those of Nabi Sheet, near the city of Baalbek. 4) Civil Defense personnel said more than eight bodies were still under the rubble in Hallousieh. Civil defense personnel were using bulldozers to retrieve the bodies from the rubbles. Mean while, the total number of death has reached 828.

Estimated No. of Death: 6828 Estimated No. of Injured people: 33200

• The United Nations held a news conference Monday to highlight ongoing relief work in Lebanon, as well as obstacles to getting supplies where they are needed. "The UN is well aware that Lebanon and the Lebanese government would have been capable of providing supplies for the entire country had there not been a military blockade by land, air and sea" Said Dr Mona Hammam, the United Nation's resident coordinator in Lebanon and humanitarian coordinator. "We are assisting the government to do what they cannot do" Dr Hammam added. 1. The WFP Sent their first convoy south on Wednesday and hope to send at least six convoys a day to the south. Each convoy contains 10-14 trucks. "We are working hard to reach every village", Mr Daoudi of WFP said. 2. A Red Cross convoy successfully reached the border town of bint jbeil on Monday to evacuate wounded and stranded residents who had been caught in the fighting. a. "Get me out of here … I am dying" screamed Dibi Ibrahim, who was found under the rubble, alive, after spending a week without food and water. b. "We suffered from a lack of water, milk, food and bread" said mohammad Watfa. "We are drinking polluted water: added Hajjeh Zaynab deaybes. c. "There are dozens of victims and also elderly and sick people who cannot leave" said Ibrahim Bazzi. d. "A young baby, jana Hassan, died due to lack of milk, we had nothing to eat" Shihine resident said. "Moving toward Qana, one can find nothing but absolute silence, demolished buildings and piles of rubble. Outside Qana, thousands of cars were heading to the Litani River" Aid worker said. • Under the heat of august, thousand of Lebanese citizens lined up at gas stations to fill their cars, "I have being waiting for two hours and I don’t know how much longer I am going to wait to fill 20 liters" George said. "Petroleum products are available in sufficient quantities and threatened to punish gas stations that refuse to sell gasoline or try to increase its prices" Energy and water ministry said. • The word health organization said "Several cases of diarrhea have been reported from schools sheltering displaced people, and case investigation is currently under way. These reports highlight the urgent need for safe drinking water".

2- Movement of Displaced Population:

More convoys continue to arrive to Saida, Beirut, and the north from the south and Bekaa valley, as Israel continue to smash civilian buildings and houses. The latest figure of displaced population is shown here bellow.

Displaced Other Information

Schools 128,760 Official Figures, sheltered in 652 schools

Unallocated. (Estimated). 550,000 Sheltered with families, friends, churches, mosques, etc.

Neighboring Countries 220,000 Syria, Jordan, Cyprus, and Gulf area.

Total 898,760

3- Needs and Demand:

International aids continue to arrive to Lebanon by Sea and air..: • Earlier Monday, a Royal Jordanian Air force plane landed in Beirut, carrying a shipment of UNICEF emergency supplies to Lebanon. • France sent $25 millions of humanitarian aids with its foreign minister. • The delivered/distributed food and non-food items by the higher relief committee to displaced centers and houses are shown here bellow.

Description daily distribution Cumulative distributed up To Schools/Houses. to date. Schools/Houses. (Family/week) (Family/week). Food 8235 157,599 Basket/Family/week. Food 404 9,241 Basket/children/week Blankets 250 90,187 Mattresses 5050 61,926 Hot meal/family/day 11,416 107,079 Medical Supplies N/A N/A

Food basket/familyl5persons/week Children basket under 2 years Rice 3kg , sugar 2kg , tea 1/2kg , cheese 2kg, Children milk 3 small cans, cerilac 2 cans, 1 tuna cans 185g, meat 500g , spaghetti 3rolls , baby milk bottle , 1 biscuit box, pampers 1 peas 2kg , ghee 1kg oil 1.5L , jam 2kg , bag ,children powder 1 can , underwear 2 milk1.8kg sets, 2 pairs of sucks, children soap 2 bars.

4-Destruction/damages: Israel savage war continued in striking civilian houses and infrastructure. Israel destruction in Lebanon continued for the 20 th day, more houses, bridges and roads were hit and totally destroyed. The bombardment concentrated in the towns and villages of the south and Bekaa valley. The cumulative figures of Israel destructions in Lebanon are shown hereinafter.

Description QTY Units Vital Points ( Airports, Ports, Water and sewage treatment 27 No plants, Electrical plants, Army brigades, water dams etc. Roads 600 Km Fuel stations 23 No Bridges 66 No Over passes 72 No Private houses/ Apartments (estimated) 6600 No Commercial sector (factories, markets, farms, etc) 160 No

5- Constraints:

• Lack of food and non-food items needed to serve displaced population. The available quantities presents approximately 50% of the actual needed quantity . • No access to targeted areas due to damaged roads and insecurity. • Targeting communication lines, mobile cellular antennas have led to disturbing all kind of communication between cities and villages. • Israel air and sea siege over Lebanon has blocked bringing international aides. • Many supplies especially basic food items are in extreme shortage, resulting in high increases of prices. • Estimated total losses had reached 4 billion USD up to date. • Targeting factories has drastically stopped all kind of local production for food and non-food items. • Unemployment rate has reached an approximate figure of 75%