More than 200 children killed in Lebanon in past two months, UNICEF says


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  • Tuesday, 19 Nov 2024

FILE PHOTO: A displaced kid reacts to a camera outside his makeshift shelter at a roadside, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Beirut, Lebanon November 8, 2024. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo

GENEVA (Reuters) - Over 200 children have been killed and 1,100 injured in Lebanon in the past two months, a spokesperson for the U.N. children's agency (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.

"The number of over 200 (children killed) is just in the last two months. It's at least 231 since the start of the war last year," James Elder told a Geneva press briefing in response to a reporter's question about casualties.

He did not comment on who was responsible for the killings, saying that it was clear to anyone who follows the media.

(Reporting by Emma Farge; editing by Matthias Williams)

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