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UNICEF: Over 340 Children Killed in One Month as Regional War Intensifies

UNICEF urges urgent action to protect children under the laws of war.

Overview

  • UNICEF reported Tuesday that more than 340 children died over the past month across Iran, Lebanon, Israel and Kuwait.
  • Iran accounts for at least 216 child deaths, including 168 killed in a strike on a primary school in Minab on the war’s first day.
  • The agency counts over 1.2 million children displaced across the region and reports at least 20 schools and 10 hospitals damaged in Iran.
  • Investigators in Iran’s Hormozgan province have identified 140 Minab victims, with at least 25 bodies awaiting DNA tests and recovered munitions fragments under review.
  • UNICEF warns that blockades and rising oil prices could slow delivery of vaccines and nutrition supplies worldwide by up to six months.