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Lebanon: events and estimated deaths in April 2026

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

UCDP recorded 122 eventsP of organized violence in Lebanon in April 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 734P. The low estimate is 734 and the high estimate is 785P. UCDP counts 205P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for March 2026 was 161 eventsP.

The count for April 2025 was 17 events. The change from April 2025 to April 2026 is up 618 percentP. Among the 26 months with a report for Lebanon, April 2026 has the 5th highest count of events. Lebanon holds 7 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in April 2026. In April 2025, the share was 1 percent.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Not all events in UCDP Candidate will make it into the final UCDP GED and new events will be added. The UCDP Candidate is a dataset containing events that have a high probability of being included in the final annual version of UCDP GED.

An incident where armed force was used by an organized actor against another organized actor, or against civilians, resulting in at least 1 direct death at a specific location and a specific date

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5 (Introduction) and UCDP GED Codebook, version 26.1 (section 2, the definition of an event), copied on .

This page rests on UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

The pages give counts and their sources. They give no travel, security or safety advice. A count of events is not a measure of danger.

Regions

The table has 10 regions at most.

Table 1. Lebanon, April 2026: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsPEstimated deathsP
Baalbek-Hermel province321
Beirut province7138
Beqaa province611
Mount Lebanon province330
Nabatiye province45109
South Lebanon province49153

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Figure 1. Events in Lebanon, April 2026. The map shows 122 events with 734 estimated deaths. One dot is one event at the place that UCDP gives. When a source names no exact place, UCDP puts the event at the centre of a region or of the country. The area of a dot follows the best estimate of deaths. The largest dot is for 330 deaths or more.1 death10 deaths100 deathsOutlines: Natural Earth, with the first-level areas of the UCDP data. An outline shows where the events are. It is not a statement about a border.

Events

The table lists the events with 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file of Lebanon has each event.

Table 2. Lebanon, April 2026: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (8 of 122 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
8 Apr 2026Baalbek county, Baalbek-Hermel provinceGovernment of Israel; HezbollahState-based121218
8 Apr 2026No place givenGovernment of Israel; HezbollahState-based262262262
8 Apr 2026Beirut county, Beirut provinceGovernment of Israel; HezbollahState-based262626
8 Apr 2026Beirut county, Beirut provinceGovernment of Israel; HezbollahState-based757590
8 Apr 2026Beirut county, Beirut provinceGovernment of Israel; HezbollahState-based161646
8 Apr 2026Aley county, Mount Lebanon provinceGovernment of Israel; HezbollahState-based242424
10 Apr 2026Nabatiye county, Nabatiye provinceGovernment of Israel; HezbollahState-based131313
17 Apr 2026Tyre county, South Lebanon provinceGovernment of Israel; HezbollahState-based111111

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 3. Lebanon: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of April 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Iran1P1P
Government of Israel121P733P
Government of Israel, Government of United States of America1P1P
Hamas1P2P
Hezbollah119P730P
PFLP1P1P

An event has two sides, so one event can be in two rows. The deaths are the deaths in the events of a side. The table does not say which side caused a death.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Type of violence

Table 4. Lebanon: events by type of violence, April 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict122P100%
Non-state conflict00%
One-sided violence against civilians00%

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

All months

Table 5. Monthly reports of Lebanon, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 202617P41PCandidate Events
August 202610P25PCandidate Events
July 202612P21PCandidate Events
June 202689P300PCandidate Events
May 2026113P349PCandidate Events
April 2026122P734PCandidate Events
March 2026161P3,107PCandidate Events
February 202611P27PCandidate Events
January 202618P22PCandidate Events
December 20251115GED
November 20252141GED
October 20252530GED
September 20251523GED
August 20251731GED
July 20252034GED
June 20251823GED
May 20252123GED
April 20251725GED
March 20251930GED
February 20251017GED
January 20251755GED
December 20241953GED
November 20243221,160GED
October 20243661,202GED
September 20242181,532GED
August 20242244GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 20 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

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ConflictStats. Lebanon: events and estimated deaths in April 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/lebanon/month/2026-04/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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