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<h1 class="gmail-single_title">UNICEF: 700,000 displaced in Lebanon as Israeli attacks intensify and children pay a devastating toll</h1>
<p class="gmail-single_date">Tuesday 10-March-2026</p>
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<p>BEIRUT, (PIC)</p>
<p>Nearly 700,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in Lebanon
as Israeli occupation forces continue intensive air strikes on Beirut\u2019s
southern suburbs, the Bekaa Valley and southern regions of the country,
according to the UN children\u2019s agency UNICEF.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>UNICEF\u2019s regional director for the Middle East and North Africa,
Edouard Beigbeder, expressed shock at the scale of attacks affecting
civilians, saying that \u201cchildren are being killed and injured at a
horrifying rate.\u201d</p>
<p>The agency stressed that the ongoing escalation of hostilities in
Lebanon and the severe toll on children are a cause for grave concern.</p>
<p>According to the latest figures released by Lebanon\u2019s 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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Many displaced residents from Beirut\u2019s southern suburbs have been
forced to sleep in Martyrs\u2019 Square and on nearby streets in the Lebanese
capital after Israeli evacuation threats pushed residents to abandon
their homes.</p>
<p>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\u2019s largest sports complex, has
become a temporary refuge for hundreds of families.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Israeli occupation forces continue to issue evacuation orders for
residents of Beirut\u2019s southern suburbs as well as large areas of
southern Lebanon and the Bekaa region.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
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