Israel kills or injures 7 children a day in Lebanon invasion, report says

What the report says

Save the Children says children in Lebanon continue to bear a heavy toll from the conflict with Israel, despite ceasefire and framework agreements aimed at stopping the fighting. In a release cited by Al Jazeera, the aid group said Israel has killed or injured an average of seven children a day in Lebanon since March, as attacks and damage to civilian infrastructure continue. The report was published on Wednesday and covered the previous six months of fighting.

According to the organisation’s figures, at least 4,300 people have been killed and more than 12,000 wounded in Lebanon during that period. Save the Children said the total includes at least 257 children killed and 1,039 injured. The group’s Lebanon country director, Nora Ingdal, urged the international community not to accept displacement, restrictions on return and destruction of civilian facilities as normal for children in the country.

The article said more than a million people were displaced at the height of the violence in southern Lebanon, and over 348,800 still cannot return home despite the June ceasefire reported by the UN humanitarian office. It also noted that Lebanon’s education ministry found 340 schools damaged or destroyed, leaving at least 100,000 children at risk of missing the next school year unless schools are repaired. The broader conflict between Israel and Hezbollah has included repeated cross-border strikes since October 2023 and multiple, fragile attempts to halt the fighting.