UN sends emergency food aid for one million Lebanese

The World Food Programme on Sunday said it had launched an emergency operation to provide meals for one million people affected by the escalating conflict in Lebanon.

"A further acceleration of the conflict this weekend underscored the need for an immediate humanitarian response," the Rome-based agency said in a statement, announcing that it was distributing ready-to-eat food rations, bread, hot meals and food parcels to shelters across the country.