Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Six million people live in Lebanon, including 1.5 million Syrian and 500 000 Palestinian refugees. Israel has attacked Lebanon multiple times, most recently from 8 October until 27 November 2024, when a 60-day ceasefire agreement was announced. Although Israeli strikes have decreased in frequency since then, the Israeli army continues to use drones for surveillance and ‘targeted killings’ and continues to occupy select areas in the south of the country. The fall of the Assad regime in Syria on 8 December 2024, has further destabilised an already tense situation, with thousands of Syrians seeking refuge in Lebanon.1 As medical doctors and educators, we feel compelled to remind the medical community of its moral and ethical commitments, specifically its commitment to medical neutrality, a principle now at grave risk of erosion and irrelevance without concrete actions to resist these unprecedented attacks on the right to health and healthcare.
Source: BMJ Global Health
Institutions: American University of Beirut, Ministry of Public Health
Language: English
Topic: Health and Conflict Studies
Subfield: General Health Professions
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,679
OpenAlex ID: W4412988540