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Source: United Nations – United Nations –
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March 26, 2026 Peace and security
Amid ongoing tensions in the Middle East, UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) peacekeepers continue to carry out their mandate in what the Organization describes as "highly volatile" conditions.
The peacekeeping mission's units are monitoring the situation, maintaining contact with the parties to the conflict, and, where possible, facilitating humanitarian access. Together with the Lebanese Armed Forces, the Blue Helmets are delivering food, medicine, and hygiene kits to civilians remaining in the UNIFIL area of operations.
Peacekeepers are reporting rocket and artillery strikes on Israeli territory, as well as shelling of the towns of Beit Lif and Al-Qantara in Lebanon. The day before, two UN facilities came under fire: a position in the eastern sector was hit by machine gun fire, and another, located near Beit Lif, was damaged after being hit by a suspected mortar shell. No mission personnel were injured. The UN reiterated that its facilities and personnel must not be used as military targets.
The situation in Iran
Meanwhile, large-scale humanitarian operations continue in Iran, led by the country's authorities with the support of the Iranian Red Crescent Society. Search and rescue operations are underway, victims are receiving emergency medical care, and temporary shelter is being provided.
Staff from the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are providing the population with food, water and medicine.
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), key civilian infrastructure has been destroyed. The Iranian Red Crescent reports damage to more than 87,000 residential and commercial buildings, 600 schools, 289 medical facilities, 17 Red Crescent centers, as well as three helicopters and 48 emergency response vehicles. Humanitarian workers are also suffering losses: the Ministry of Health reported 23 deaths and 112 injuries among medical personnel, while the Red Crescent lost one staff member.
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