Israel kills, injures average of 4 children daily amid Lebanon ‘ceasefire’
Key takeaways
- This brings the number of children killed in Israeli strikes since the renewed escalation in hostilities in Lebanon on March 2 to almost 200, with about 2,900 people killed.
- “I just want the war to end so I can go home to my village and sleep in my own bed.
- Israel has said its air force had hit more than 1,100 sites across Lebanon since mid-April, claiming that the target was the armed Lebanese group Hezbollah.
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The statistics shared by Save the Children refer to the first 25 days of the truce that came into effect on April 16.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Children try to protect themselves from dust and smoke rising from rubble after Israeli air strikes targeted the Corniche al-Mazraa area in Beirut, Lebanon, causing large-scale destruction [File: Murat Sengul/Anadolu]By Daniel Khalili-Tari Published On 12 May 202612 May 2026Israeli attacks on Lebanon have killed or injured more than four children on average per day in the first 25 days of the “ceasefire” that came into effect last month, according to the global charity Save the Children.
The report published on Tuesday cited figures from Lebanon’s Health Ministry, saying at least 22 children have been killed and 89 injured since the temporary ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel came into effect on April 16.