The Lebanese army announced on Saturday that it had completed sweeping and damage assessment operations in areas of Beirut devastated by the explosion at the port in early August, indicating that it had identified 85,744 damaged “units”, including houses, hospitals. and schools.
The tragic explosion on August 4 at the port of the Lebanese capital left more than 190 dead and 6,500 injured and left 300,000 people homeless.
The army also said on Saturday that it would continue its efforts to find the nine people still missing (five Syrians, three Lebanese and an Egyptian).
Regarding the damage, she specified that “85,744 damaged units were identified” which includes individual premises (60,818 housing units and 962 restaurants) as well as larger buildings (19,115 establishments and commercial companies, 12 hospitals, 82 health establishments. ‘education).
And 1,137 archaeological units, that is to say buildings classified or of a traditional character, were also affected.
It recorded around 550,000 square meters of broken glass and more than 108,000 damaged interior doors.
This inventory “is sufficient and there is no need for donors to carry out additional investigations,” said a military official at a press conference in Beirut.
Humanitarian aid poured in from around the world after the explosion and many foreign officials made the trip, including French President Emmanuel Macron on August 6 and 31.
From August 9, France sponsored an international conference in support of Lebanon, during which participants pledged to provide more than 250 million euros (under the auspices of the United Nations) directly to the Lebanese people, without going through state institutions accused of corruption.
During his second visit, Mr. Macron announced his intention to organize another support conference in Paris at the end of October.