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DUBAI: The Government of Japan announced at a Cabinet meeting Friday that it will provide relief supplies to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in response to their request.

The UNHCR is conducting international humanitarian relief operations for displaced persons in Lebanon.

In accordance with the International Peace Cooperation Act, Japan will provide UNHCR with 6,500 blankets, 2,500 plastic sheets, and 6,500 sleeping mats, free of charge.

The Israeli military has been conducting large-scale air raids on Lebanon since September and launched a ground operation in October, which led to many Lebanese people being displaced.

More than one million refugees have been forced to live in evacuation centers within Lebanon, and many fled to neighboring countries.

The Israeli attacks on Lebanon also led to shortages in essential goods.

According to the Japanese Foreign Ministry, the UNHCR is currently implementing humanitarian international relief activities (provision of food, living, and medical supplies, etc.) for the victims of the disaster in Lebanon.

A ceasefire deal was brokered by the United States and France on Wednesday and includes an initial two-month ceasefire in which Hezbollah militants are to withdraw north of the Litani River and Israeli forces are to return to their side of the border. The buffer zone would be patrolled by Lebanese troops and UN peacekeepers.