Cause Aggression The Israeli continues on Lebanon Inflicted severe economic losses, as a result of intentional attacks by forces Occupation Causing the greatest amount of destruction and sabotage, targeting facilities, residential buildings, and infrastructure.
The World Bank revealed in a report, Thursday, that Lebanon has incurred economic losses amounting to $5.1 billion since the outbreak of “hostilities” in October last year, including the trade, tourism, hospitality, and agricultural sectors.
The bank indicated in its report that during the 13-month war, more than 1.3 million people were displaced, 875,000 of them internally, and children, women, the elderly, people with disabilities, and refugees were most at risk.
Besides the human cost, the war has already taken its toll Damages Economically, it is estimated to have reduced Lebanon’s real GDP growth by at least 6.6% in 2024.
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The World Bank stated that an estimated 166,000 workers lost their jobs, and that nearly 100,000 homes were partially or completely damaged, amounting to $3.2 billion in losses and damages, in addition to losses disrupting trade and agriculture, estimated at more than $3 billion.
The World Bank report, which mainly covers the period from October 8, 2023 to October 27, 2024, stated that about 99,209 damaged housing units, 18% of which were completely destroyed, indicating that about 81% of the affected homes were located in… The south of the country, that is, on the direct confrontation line with the occupation forces.
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For its part, Hezbollah’s Damage Statistics Committee, affiliated with Hezbollah, said that the complete destruction affected about 45,000 housing units, noting that the cost of rebuilding the suburb until the end of October amounted to $630 million, compared to $2.3 million in the rest of the areas.
Initial estimates indicate 7,000 completely destroyed housing units in Beirut and Mount Lebanon (i.e., mainly in the southern suburbs and in all other neighborhoods of Beirut and Mount Lebanon).
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The Lebanese Al-Akhbar newspaper said that, contrary to what some media outlets are promoting, the front-facing villages were not completely destroyed, nor were they wiped off the map, as the major destruction was concentrated in the neighborhoods facing occupied Palestine.
In general, the committee said that the cost of reconstruction in all devastated areas in Lebanon amounted to $2.9 billion.
The Israeli aggression against Lebanon resulted in a total of 3,365 martyrs and 14,344 wounded, including a large number of children and women, in addition to about 1,400,000 displaced persons. Most of the victims and displaced persons were registered after September 23 of last year.
Hezbollah responds daily by launching missiles, drones, and artillery shells targeting military sites, intelligence headquarters, military gatherings, and settlements. While Israel announces some of its human and material losses, military censorship imposes a strict blackout on most of the losses, according to observers.
