{"id":269325,"date":"2026-03-25T10:37:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T14:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samaritanspurse.org\/?p=269325"},"modified":"2026-03-25T12:23:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T16:23:24","slug":"pr-lebanon-airlift-3-24-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/es\/media\/pr-lebanon-airlift-3-24-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Release: Samaritan\u2019s Purse Airlifts 48+ Tons of Aid to Lebanese Families"},"content":{"rendered":"<main id=\"text-only\" class=\"press-release\">\r\n            <article class=\"space-large\">\r\n                <header>\r\n                    <hgroup class=\"\">\r\n                        <h1>Samaritan\u2019s Purse Airlifts 48<sup>+<\/sup> Tons of Aid to Lebanese Families <\/h1>\r\n                    <\/hgroup>\r\n                <\/header>\r\n                <div class=\"space\">\r\n                    <p><strong>BOONE, N.C., March 24, 2026&mdash;<\/strong>The Samaritan\u2019s Purse 767 arrived in Lebanon today, carrying more than 48 tons of critical relief supplies to help families who had to leave their homes. The international Christian relief organization\u2019s cargo plane airlifted thousands of emergency relief supplies including:<\/p>\r\n                    \r\n                    <ul>\r\n                        <li>Hygiene kits <\/li>\r\n                        <li>Solar lights <\/li>\r\n                        <li>Blankets<\/li>\r\n                        <li>Family tents<\/li>\r\n                        <li>Shelter material<\/li>\r\n                        <li>Medical supplies <\/li>\r\n                    <\/ul>\r\n\r\n                    <p>Samaritan\u2019s Purse disaster response team members on the ground in Lebanon and local church partners will continue to work hand in hand to meet the needs of families who had to leave their homes&mdash;many with just the clothes on their backs. Through longtime church partners, Samaritan\u2019s Purse has already distributed food parcels to hundreds of families and given out bedding supplies, diapers, and hygiene kits. <\/p>\r\n\r\n                    <p><q>These families are hurting\u2014many are living with relatives, in hotels, or in makeshift camps like an abandoned school,<\/q> dijo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/es\/media\/bio-franklin-graham\/\">Franklin Graham<\/a>, el presidente de Samaritan's Purse. <q>We are grateful to support the efforts of local churches in Lebanon who are serving their community. Please join me in praying that God will bring peace to the Middle East.<\/q><\/p>\r\n\r\n                    <p>Samaritan\u2019s Purse has a long history of working in Lebanon. For over four decades, the organization has partnered with local churches to distribute aid and relief to families in need. Additionally, Samaritan\u2019s Purse deployed a Disaster Assistance Response Team to Lebanon in 2020 after a deadly explosion rocked the nation\u2014distributing relief supplies to more than 5,000 vulnerable families and providing medical care to hundreds who were wounded in the blast. <\/p>\r\n\r\n                    <p class=\"small width-62ch\" style=\"margin-top: 2.618em;width: min(100%,var(--ch-unit)*62);border-top:1px solid #888;padding-top: 1.618em\">Based in Boone, North Carolina, Samaritan's Purse responds to the physical and spiritual needs of individuals in crisis situations\u2014especially in locations where few others are working. Led by President and CEO Franklin Graham, Samaritan's Purse works in more than 100 countries to provide aid to victims of war, disease, poverty, famine, and persecution. For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/es\/\">SamaritansPurse.org\/espanol<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n\r\n             <\/article>\r\n         <\/main>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Samaritan\u2019s Purse Airlifts 48+ Tons of Aid to Lebanese Families BOONE, N.C., March 24, 2026&mdash;The Samaritan\u2019s Purse 767 arrived in Lebanon today, carrying more than 48 tons of critical relief supplies to help families who had to leave their homes. 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