More than 200 children killed in Lebanon amid Israeli bombardment: UN
Al Jazeera
Three children killed daily in Lebanon over last two months, UNICEF reports, as it urges action to stop the violence.
More than 200 children have been killed in Lebanon since Israel launched a military campaign focused on its northern neighbour two months ago, the United Nations agency for children (UNICEF) has said.
An average of three children have been killed every day in Lebanon, UNICEF told reporters on Tuesday, as Israel has intensified its bombing campaign across the country. It warned that as in Gaza, despite the horrific toll on Lebanon’s children “those with influence” were failing to mount a meaningful response.
“Despite more than 200 children killed in Lebanon in less than two months, a disconcerting pattern has emerged: their deaths are met with inertia from those able to stop this violence,” UNICEF’s spokesperson James Elder told reporters.
“For the children of Lebanon, it has become a silent normalisation of horror,” he added.
Elder listed at least six attacks across Lebanon where children were killed, most of the time along with their families, over just the past 10 days.
