The United Nations on Friday sent a team to the northern humanitarian supply road from Aarida to the northwest coast of Lebanon to determine if it can still be used after Israel bombed the route and key bridges on Friday, U.N. media director Ahmad Fawzi said. “We do not have humanitarian access for the entire area,” Fawzi told reporters. “Even with U.N. assistance, if we do not replenish our stocks within three to four days, we will run out [of food].” The Aarida was the only useable road until the Israeli bombing, the United Nations said. The roads from Syria have been bombed as well, including major bridges, said Fawzi. Asked by S.P.A. whether there was an alternative route to bring badly-needed humanitarian supplies, he said that the United Nations was trying to find an alternative. According to the Lebanese government, 913,760 people are displaced overall, including 213,000 who fled to neighboring countries. More than 700,000 people are internally displaced, with the majority in Beirut, Tyre, the Sidon mountains, and Alea. As of Friday, 863 people have been killed and 8,280 injured in Lebanon since the start of hostilities on July 12th.
