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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Richard Salame

UNBELIEVABLE: Lebanon government works to regain donor trust secure reconstruction funds | History Defined

Members of a family sit in front of their destroyed house in the southern Lebanese village of Wazzani after Israeli forces pulled out, on February 19, 2025 [Rabih Daher/AFP]

Beirut, Lebanon – More than five years into an economic crisis that sent inflation spiralling and saw the Lebanese lira plummet, Lebanon’s government is facing its biggest infrastructure project in years: Post-war reconstruction.

After 14 months of war with Israel, Lebanon needs $11bn to rebuild, according to World Bank estimates.

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