Israeli strikes on Lebanon leave a classroom of children dead or wounded every day, UN says

Israeli strikes on Lebanon leave a classroom of children dead or wounded every day, UN says Submitted by Fleur Hargreaves on Wed, 03/18/2026 - 11:58 Unicef says Israeli attacks killing or wounding 30 children daily, the equivalent of a classroom A child sleeps alongside family belongings in a makeshift encampment along the waterfront in Beirut on 10 March 2026 (AFP) Off Israel ’s war on Lebanon has killed or wounded the equivalent of an entire classroom of children daily, according to a top official of the UN children’s agency. Lebanon’s health ministry reported that Israeli strikes have killed at least 111 children and wounded 334 since Israel expanded its attacks on Lebanon two weeks ago. “That’s a classroom of children every day since the beginning of the war that’s either killed or injured in Lebanon,” Unicef Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban told Reuters in Beirut on Tuesday.