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The humanitarian crisis is quickly escalating in the South, where crucial medical and food supplies are running out quickly as Israeli air strikes have made it impossible to re-supply the embattled region, and in Beirut resources are strained from the influx of people fleeing Israeli bombardment in the South and southern suburbs.

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