UNICEF says Israeli strikes ‘catastrophic’ for children of Lebanon

UNICEF has warned that any further escalation would be “catastrophic” for Lebanon’s children, particularly those displaced by Israel’s relentless airstrikes on the Arab country.

“On Monday alone, at least 35 children were reportedly killed in Lebanon. This is more than the number of children killed in Lebanon in the past 11 months. Eleven months in one day. 35 children, in one day among 492 reportedly killed,” UNICEF deputy representative to Lebanon Ettie Higgins told a UN press briefing in the Swiss city of Geneva on Tuesday.

Higgins said “countless more children are in danger as I speak, exposed to ongoing attacks, displaced from their homes and unable to rely on an overstretched and under-sourced health system.”