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Highlights Lebanon continues to grapple with a multifaceted crisis in which ongoing hostilities, a large refugee population, climate change and the impact of economic collapse are all deepening child...

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Highlights: Children and families in Lebanon continue to endure the effects of cross-border conflict, as ceasefire violations persisted throughout the first half of 2025. UNICEF is responding to the...

HIGHLIGHTS • While the conflict in Lebanon has descalated, children continue to be affected by ongoing airstrikes that are causing deaths and injuries and damaging essential infrastructure...

Highlights At least 71 civilians, including nine children, have been killed in Lebanon during the ceasefire period (OHCHR). Civilian infrastructure has been affected, including medical facilities and...

Highlights · Violations of the ceasefire agreement have killed at least 10 children in Lebanon since it took effect (OHCHR), adding to the more than 300 children killed and 1,450 injured during the...

Highlights In 2025, children in Lebanon are bearing the profound toll of the conflict that escalated across the country in 2024. A new UNICEF report exposes the deterioration of key support systems...

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Deputy Representative to Lebanon Ettie Higgins – to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva ...

In a survey conducted by UNICEF in January 2025, 72 per cent of caregivers said their children were anxious or nervous during the war, and 62 per cent said they were depressed or sad.

Highlights The escalation of hostilities on the Lebanon-Israel border on 23 September 2024 triggered a series of displacement waves across Lebanese governorates. The conflict marked the deadliest...

Highlights Population movements in Syria and neighbouring countries have surged due to changes in the Syrian government and attacks across Syria. Preliminary reports indicate tens of thousands of...

HIGHLIGHTS Although a ceasefire agreement between Lebanon and Israel was announced on 26 November 2024, the situation remains fragile. The conflict has been the deadliest period Lebanon has...

Highlights A ceasefire agreement between Lebanon and Israel came into effect on 27 November 2024. Prior to the ceasefire implementation, high-intensity airstrikes were carried out across Lebanon,...

Highlights On average, more than three children have been killed daily in Lebanon since mid-September 2024. Over 230 children have been reportedly killed since the conflict began. The grave...

Highlights Children in Lebanon have been gravely affected by the hostilities. More than 200 children have reportedly been killed, and commonly reported wounds among children include limb loss,...

Highlights The severity of the humanitarian crisis in Lebanon has now surpassed levels seen during the 2006 war, with reports of children being killed and injured growing by the day. The conflict is...

Highlights Children and families in Lebanon continue to be directly affected by the deteriorating humanitarian crisis and violent intensification of hostilities across the country. Extensive damage...

Highlights The government of Lebanon continues coordinating efforts to support over one million people affected by the escalation of hostilities on the Lebanon-Israel border. Nearly 75 percent of all...

Urgent humanitarian response needed amidst escalating conflict in Lebanon – WFP and UNICEF BEIRUT, 15 October 2024 – “During a three-day visit to Lebanon, we witnessed the devastation and sensed...