Over 2,100 children killed or injured in Middle East conflict, averaging 87 daily, says UNICEF

At a briefing for journalists at the United Nations on Monday, Ted Chaiban, Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF, said that more than 2,100 children have been killed or injured in conflict zones since the escalation of fighting in the Middle East. He added that this represents an average of around 87 children affected each day, warning that the figures are likely to rise as the fighting continues. Chaiban said children across the region are paying a “devastating price” for the ongoing conflict, describing it as the US-Israeli war on Iran. He warned that the spread of violence and the rapid rise in displacement across several countries threaten “to pull an entire generation of children deeper into crisis.”    He said: “More than 2,100 children have been killed […]