BEIRUT, Oct 4: A delivery of medical supplies from the United Nations reached Lebanon on Friday, a first since last week's escalation between Israel and Hezbollah, said a UN agency and a Lebanese minister.
"An airlift... landed in Beirut earlier this morning with 30 metric tonnes of trauma and surgical supplies, enough to treat tens of thousands people," the World Health Organization's regional director Hanan Balkhy said on social media platform X.
"More flights are arriving later today and tomorrow, carrying trauma supplies, cholera supplies and mental health supplies," she added.
Rapidly esclating Israeli strikes since September 23, targeting Iran-backed Hezbollah militants, have killed more than 1,100 people in Lebanon and wounded hundreds more, according to an AFP tally of official figures. —AFP
