[News] UNICEF: 700,000 displaced in Lebanon as Israeli attacks intensify and children pay a devastating toll

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UNICEF: 700,000 displaced in Lebanon as Israeli attacks intensify and
children pay a devastating toll

Tuesday 10-March-2026
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BEIRUT, (PIC)

Nearly 700,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in Lebanon as
Israeli occupation forces continue intensive air strikes on Beirut’s
southern suburbs, the Bekaa Valley and southern regions of the country,
according to the UN children’s agency UNICEF.

The organization warned that civilians are paying a heavy price for the
escalating violence, noting that around 200,000 of the displaced are
children and adolescents now living under extremely harsh conditions.

UNICEF’s regional director for the Middle East and North Africa, Edouard
Beigbeder, expressed shock at the scale of attacks affecting civilians,
saying that “children are being killed and injured at a horrifying rate.”

The agency stressed that the ongoing escalation of hostilities in Lebanon
and the severe toll on children are a cause for grave concern.

According to the latest figures released by Lebanon’s Ministry of Public
Health on Sunday, at least 83 children have been killed among 394 people
who have been martyred in Israeli attacks since 2 March, while at least 254
children were among the 1,130 people wounded during the same period.

Lebanese health authorities say the war has so far claimed the lives of
more than 500 people, including at least 83 children and 42 women, since
the latest confrontation began. The death toll has averaged nearly 100
citizens per day.

Beigbeder said thousands of families who fled the bombardment are now
sleeping in overcrowded and cold shelters, describing the figures as stark
evidence of the scale of the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Lebanon.

Many displaced residents from Beirut’s southern suburbs have been forced to
sleep in Martyrs’ Square and on nearby streets in the Lebanese capital
after Israeli evacuation threats pushed residents to abandon their homes.

With the number of displaced people rapidly rising, public facilities
across Beirut have been converted into emergency shelters. The Camille
Chamoun Sports City Stadium, the country’s largest sports complex, has
become a temporary refuge for hundreds of families.

Inside the stadium, displaced families are living in tents and relying
heavily on humanitarian aid such as clothing and winter jackets to cope
with the severe cold.

Israeli occupation forces continue to issue evacuation orders for residents
of Beirut’s southern suburbs as well as large areas of southern Lebanon and
the Bekaa region.

Many Lebanese view the orders as an attempt to forcibly displace civilians,
destroy towns and villages, and use the population as leverage in the war,
raising fears that the country could face a prolonged humanitarian crisis
surpassing those seen in previous conflicts.

UNICEF also reported that over the past 28 months at least 329 children
have been killed and 1,632 injured in Lebanon. In the past six days alone,
the number of child casualties increased by 25 percent, bringing the tragic
total to 412 children martyred.
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