More than a fifth of all farmland in the conflict zone has been damaged, according to the country’s Agriculture Ministry
Lebanese families are struggling to make ends meet as the country’s long-running financial crisis deepens amid Israeli attacks that have devastated homes and farmland, RT correspondent Steve Sweeney reports from Beirut.
Gasoline prices soared by around 25% in February, while food and rent costs spiked by around 20% last year, adding pressure in a country where more than a third of the population lives below the poverty line, according to World Bank estimates.
Many Lebanese are also grappling with unpaid wages, Sweeney reports.
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