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United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported on Tuesday that there are already some 400 thousand children which were noticed forced to move to Lebanon over the past three weeks due to wave of bombings carried out by the Israeli army.

UNICEF Deputy Director for Humanitarian Action, Ted Chaibanwarned about the possible existence “lost generation” because of the conflict after visit several schools in the country, who became shelters for displaced persons. Thus, he deplored that the Lebanese population “already faced multiple crises even before the Israeli bombing began.”

Chayban warned that 1.2 million minors have no access to education in Lebanon because public schools are “inaccessible or damaged by war.” “The rest are used as shelters”“, he lamented in a video published by UNICEF.

For this reason he called “put an end to violations of international law and protect civilians and infrastructure”, in addition to achieving a ceasefire that would end the attacks.

Lebanese authorities estimate that about 1.2 million people were forced to leave their homes due to the wave of bombing carried out by Israel, move especially towards Beirut, the capital, and areas further north of the country.

(Europe Press)