UAE President orders $100 million worth of urgent relief aid to Lebanon

UAE President Sheikh Mohamed ordered $100 million worth of urgent relief to the Lebanese people. The step comes in line with the UAE's effort to help the people of Lebanon to overcome current challenges and its steadfast commitment to support them.

Some 100,000 Lebanese have now fled to Syria from Lebanon amid Israeli airstrikes, the United Nations refugee chief said.

"The number of people who have crossed into Syria from Lebanon fleeing Israeli airstrikes -- Lebanese and Syrian nationals -- has reached 100,000," Filippo Grandi said on X, adding that "the outflow continues".

Lebanon's Health Ministry has said more than 1,000 Lebanese have been killed and 6,000 wounded in the past two weeks, without saying how many were civilians. The government said a million people - a fifth of the population - have fled their homes.

The intensifying Israeli bombardment over two weeks has killed a string of top Hezbollah officials, including its leader Hassan Nasrallah.

Israel has vowed to keep up the assault and says it wants to make its northern areas secure again for residents who have been forced to flee Hezbollah rocket attacks.

Israel's increasing frequency of attacks against the Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen have prompted fears that Middle East fighting could spin out of control and draw in Iran and the United States, Israel's main ally.