Save the children: Over 250 children killed in Lebanon in six months
Since the latest escalation of the conflict, nearly 1,300 children have been killed or injured, an average of more than seven children per day, Save the Children said.
BEIRUT - At least 257 children were killed and a further 1,039 injured in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon over the past six months, children’s rights organisation Save the Children said, citing figures from the Lebanese Health Ministry, reported German Press Agency (dpa).
Since the latest escalation of the conflict, nearly 1,300 children have been killed or injured, an average of more than seven children per day, Save the Children said.
The organisation said children continued to be exposed to violence and displacement, as well as the consequences of destroyed infrastructure, even after the ceasefire was agreed in June.
"Children cannot continue to live under the threat of further violence while waiting for the conditions necessary to rebuild their lives,” Nora Ingdal, country director for Save the Children in Lebanon, said.
"Lebanon needs a definitive, lasting and comprehensive ceasefire. The international community must not allow continued attacks, displacement, restrictions on return and the destruction of civilian infrastructure to become the new normal for children in Lebanon.”
Access to education has also been severely affected, with around 100,000 children expected to be unable to attend school in the coming school year, according to Save the Children.
The conflict between Israel and the Hezbollah group escalated again in early March in the course of the Iran conflict.
Despite a ceasefire nominally in force, Israel and Hezbollah repeatedly accuse each other of violations.
Israel's army remains stationed in southern Lebanon and carries out attacks on an almost daily basis. - BERNAMA
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