UN renews call to protect civilians, as deadly Israeli strike hits close to key Beirut hospital

The UN’s top human rights official on Tuesday urged an immediate halt to hostilities in Lebanon following an overnight Israeli airstrike near a major hospital in Beirut that reportedly killed at least 18 people, including four children. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/10/1155981
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UN renews call to protect civilians, as deadly Israeli strike hits close to key Beirut hospital
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Gaza: Number of children killed higher than from four years of world conflict

Gaza: Number of children killed higher than from four years of world conflict

13 Mar 2024

Amid reports of fresh Israeli airstrikes in Gaza overnight into Wednesday, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, said that more children have been killed there in recent months than in four years of conflict worldwide. 

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Gaza: ‘Double-digit’ number of children reported killed overnight

Gaza: ‘Double-digit’ number of children reported killed overnight

26 Mar 2024

Intense hostilities in Gaza continued on Tuesday between Hamas fighters and Israeli forces with a “double-digit number of children killed overnight” and ongoing aid delivery obstacles that are responsible for near-famine conditions, UN humanitarians said.

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Ukraine: Civilian casualties mount, as war enters second winter

Ukraine: Civilian casualties mount, as war enters second winter

21 Nov 2023

At least 10,000 civilians, including over 560 children, have been killed and more than 18,500 injured since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February last year, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission there said on Tuesday.