Lebanon: 12 children killed, maimed daily despite truce between Hezbollah and Israel
Key takeaways The humanitarian situation in Lebanon remains fragile and needs immense and severe despite the recent US-Iran agreement and subsequent signs of regional de-escalation
Key takeaways The humanitarian situation in Lebanon remains fragile and needs immense and severe despite the recent US-Iran agreement and subsequent signs of regional de-escalation. Here are some highlights from the latest flash update from the UN relief agency, OCHA: Returns remain limited and cautious despite reduced amount of hostilities despite reduced amount of hostilities Israeli airstrikes and seven renewed displacement orders covering 37 localities across the South and Nabatieh governorates triggered additional displacement between 12 and 14 June across the South and Nabatieh governorates triggered additional displacement between 12 and 14 June 3,798 deaths and 11,781 injuries since 2 March: Lebanese Public Health Ministry since 2 March: Lebanese Public Health Ministry 131,200 internally displaced persons remain in 644 collective shelters remain in 644 collective shelters Aid efforts reached over 1.1 million people through water and sanitation services and 13.6 million meals delivered through water and sanitation services and 13.6 million meals delivered 2026 Lebanon Flash Appeal only 32.7 per cent funded, with approximately $209.6 million received against $639.9 million requested Since hostilities escalated between Israel and Hezbollah militants in southern Lebanon on 2 March, 247 children have been killed and 992 injured, an average of 12 children killed or maimed every day, according to the agency.
“For more than three months, children in Lebanon have lived through experiences no child should ever endure,” UNICEF country representative in Lebanon, Marcoluigi Corsi, said in a statement issued on Wednesday following the 15 June announcement that the United States and Iran had reached agreement on a Memorandum of Understanding. “We hope that this ceasefire will be indeed a real ceasefire because since the declaration of the previous one, violence against children and the conflict hasn’t really stopped,” he told UN News. ‘Where is humanity?’ Widespread destruction has scarred large parts of the country, affecting homes, schools and essential services, including water, sanitation and hygiene systems, further compounding already severe humanitarian needs and dealing a devastating blow to children living through the bombings and violence. Corsi said a meeting with teenaged girl at a UNICEF-supported hospital remains “stuck in my mind and my heart”. “Collateral damage” from an attack included the deaths of her father and three brothers, leaving her mother alive and the girl in a coma, he said, recalling the first two questions she asked him while she was recovering: Where is humanity?
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