‘We Were Not Ready for This’: Lebanon's Emergency System Is Hanging by a Thread

‘We Were Not Ready for This’: Lebanon's Emergency System Is Hanging by a Thread

SECURITYPOLITICSTHE BIG STORYBUSINESSSCIENCECULTUREREVIEWSMenuAccountAccountNewslettersSecurityPoliticsThe Big StoryBusinessScienceCultureReviewsChevronMoreExpandThe Big InterviewMagazineEventsWIRED InsiderWIRED ConsultingNewslettersPodcastsVideoLivestreamsMerchSearchSearchCarla SertinSecurityApr 8, 2026 2:43 PM‘We Were Not Ready for This’: Lebanon's Emergency System Is Hanging by a ThreadIn Lebanon, nearly 1 in 5 people has been displaced by Israeli attacks, leaving the government to manage a modern crisis without modern digital infrastructure.Photo-Illustration: WIRED Middle East; Getty Images.CommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyThe last time a government official from Lebanon sat down to think carefully about national digital infrastructure, nobody expected another war with Israel. That’s how it has always gone. “We were not ready for this,” say

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