GENEVA — Over 200 children have been killed and more than 1,100 injured in Lebanon over the past two months, according to the UN children's agency, UNICEF, on Tuesday, November 19.

The conflict, which has been ongoing for over a year, escalated into full-scale war in late September when Israel launched a significant offensive against Hezbollah, a group backed by Iran.

UNICEF spokesperson James Elder highlighted the disturbing trend that, despite the deaths of over 200 children in such a short time, there has been little action from those in a position to halt the violence. He described this as a "silent normalization of horror" for Lebanon’s children.

While Elder refrained from directly assigning blame for the deaths, he noted that anyone following the media would be able to see who is responsible.

Elder also pointed out the chilling similarities between the situation in Lebanon and Gaza, where many of the over 43,000 fatalities in the ongoing 13-month conflict between Israel and Hamas are children.

UNICEF continues to offer psychosocial support to children affected by the conflict and is providing essential supplies like medical aid, meals, and sleeping kits to hundreds of thousands of displaced children.

Elder remarked that, much like in Gaza, what is intolerable is gradually becoming accepted as the new norm.

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