Israel Has Killed Over 200 Children in Lebanon in Less Than Two Months

The UN’s child relief agency, UNICEF, said Tuesday that more than 200 children had been killed by Israeli attacks on Lebanon since Israel escalated its bombing campaign in the country in September.

“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,” said UNICEF spokesman James Elder.

Elder detailed some recent strikes that killed children, including an attack that slaughtered an entire displaced family. “On Sunday, 10 November: Seven children were killed from the same extended family. The family of 27 – all killed – was seeking shelter in Mount Lebanon after fleeing violence in the south,” he said.