Najib Mikati has blasted Israel for its evacuation orders, the latest of which came today and displaced people in 10 towns and villages, as residents of Baalbek, Ain Bourday and Duris received renewed evacuation orders.
The United Nations children’s agency said on Thursday that the Israel-Hezbollah war has killed at least one child a day in Lebanon over the past month.
UN says war has killed one child a day in Lebanon in past month
“Since October 4th of this year, at least one child has been killed and 10 injured daily,” UNICEF said, adding that “the ongoing war in Lebanon is upending children’s lives”.
“The threats issued by the Israeli enemy against Lebanese civilians to evacuate entire cities and displace them from their areas and homes is an additional war crime, added to the series of crimes committed by the Israeli enemy, including killing, destruction and sabotage,” he said, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency.
UNICEF says Israeli attacks on Lebanon have killed at least one child per day and wounded 10 since October 4.
Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati says he hopes a ceasefire with Israel will be announced in the coming hours or days as US envoy Amos Hochstein travels to the region for truce talks.
An Israeli air strike at Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza’s Beit Lahiya destroys a warehouse containing medical supplies that were received only days ago.
Israel’s genocide in Gaza has killed at least 43,204 Palestinians and wounded 101,641 since October 7, 2023. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks that day and more than 200 were taken captive.
In Lebanon, at least 2,822 people have been killed and 12,937 wounded in Israeli attacks since the war on Gaza began.