Israel/Lebanon: Thousands of civilians in southern Lebanon

Index Number: MDE 15/076/2006
Date Published: 8 August 2006
Categories: Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories, Middle East And North Africa

Thousands of civilians are trapped in villages in southern Lebanon, where they are at grave risk from frequent Israeli air strikes and shelling. They are cut off from the outside world, in increasingly difficult conditions, with no access to medical services, adequate food, electricity or fuel. Among them are elderly and disabled people, as well as women and children.