STORY: UN distributes medical aid to displaced southerners in Lebanon
SHOOTING TIME: July 6, 2024
DATELINE: July 7, 2024
LENGTH: 0:02:37
LOCATION: Beirut
CATEGORY: SOCIETY/HEALTH

SHOTLIST:
1. various of UNIFIL soldiers preparing aid to be distributed
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): Italian medical officer, UNIFIL

STORYLINE:

The United Nations Interim Force in South Lebanon (UNIFIL) organized a medical campaign to distribute medical supplies to the Lebanese southerners who had been displaced from their villages along the Blue Line.

Medical teams checked on the needy displaced and distributed medical supplies accordingly.

The medical teams from the Italian and Ghanaian battalions participating in the UNIFIL were responsible for assessing the needs of the displaced.

SOUNDBITE (Arabic): Italian medical officer, UNIFIL
"We have three medical teams from Italy, Ghana and Lebanon checking on the medical needs of the displaced. We are focusing on the chronical pathologies of the refugees from the border line, who are here in the last eight months, so we decided to follow on the chronical pathologies cases to help them."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beirut.
(XHTV)