Wednesday. It<\/a> killed at least 300 people and wounded about 1,000 others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cWhat we\u2019ve noticed in the past 24 hours or so is that the tempo of Israeli strikes has been reduced, at least in the Beirut area,\u201d Khodr said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYes, there\u2019s still military activity in the south of Lebanon but really a marked reduction in strikes in Beirut \u2013 whether or not this is intentional or not. But the Israeli media is making it clear, and quoting Israeli officials, that there is US pressure on the Israeli government to de-escalate this conflict in Lebanon,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The pressure to end the conflict comes amid food security warnings from the United Nations World Food Programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat we\u2019re witnessing is not just a displacement crisis, it is rapidly becoming a food security crisis,\u201d said WFP\u2019s Lebanon country director Allison Oman, speaking via video link from Beirut on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She warned that food is becoming increasingly unaffordable due to rising prices and higher demand from displaced families, and as the Iran war disrupts supply routes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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