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Devastation at every turn greets UN aid mission to south Lebanon
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Devastation at every turn greets UN aid mission to south Lebanon

UN News·© UNICEF·about 1 month ago
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Devastation at every turn greets UN aid mission to south Lebanon “I came here two weeks ago and we’ve come back today again with a convoy… but what is different today is the whole street in front of the hospital is completely destroyed ,” said UN Children’s Fund spokesperson, Christophe Boulierac. In an exclusive video interview with UN News  while on mission, Mr. Boulierac showed that although the hospital was still standing, much of what had been around it was not.  Beside heaps of rubble, collapsed houses lay in ruins, amid burnt-out cars at every turn. ‘Completely destroyed’ The hospital is “kind of functional, but they were running out of water, out of medicine, out of energy. I don't know about the generator, but it’s likely not working properly,” the UNICEF official continued, before pointing to the large solar panel generator system installed by the agency beside the medical facility that appeared to have been blown up.…

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