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. “They’ve paid a terrible price. And the first thing we’re calling for is a de-escalation, a political way forward to this war.” Israeli strikes have killed more than 900 people since 2 March and displaced more than 1 million, including 350,000 children.  “It’s completely disrupting children’s lives. No home, no school, no sense of normalcy,” Chaiban said. Displaced families interviewed by Reuters said the shelters they are taking refuge in have limited electricity, no heating and not enough bathrooms or running water. At least 38 health workers have also been killed in Israeli strikes in the last two weeks and civilian infrastructure has been targeted.  “There is no place for attacking health infrastructure, water infrastructure, schools. They all need to be places that are protected,” Chaiban said. Save the Children’s Director for Lebanon, Nora Ingdal, called these air strikes “devastating” and emphasised that “these are not just numbers – these are young lives cut short and children whose futures have been forever scarred by war.” 'This is only the