25 women killed, 109 injured in Lebanon since April 17 ceasefire, UN Women says

At least 25 women have been killed and 109 injured in Lebanon in the three weeks since a ceasefire took effect on April 17, highlighting the continuing risks faced by civilians despite the truce, a senior UN Women official said Friday.

Speaking from Lebanon via video link to reporters in Geneva, Moez Doraid said women and girls remain exposed to violence as they attempt to return to their homes “under the perceived safety of the ceasefire.”

He said many women he met this week described widespread destruction in villages south of the Litani River, with one woman saying her village had become “completely unrecognizable.”

Doraid said continued Israeli airstrikes, evacuation orders, movement restrictions and bans on returning to certain areas are preventing many families from going home, leaving more than half a million women and girls displaced.