Raimo Manninen (@mannira.bsky.social)

Nearly 700,000 displaced in Lebanon, Unicef says <article data-history-node-id="435230" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/nearly-700000-displaced-lebanon-unicef-says" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/nearly-700000-displaced-lebanon-unicef-says" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Nearly 700,000 displaced in Lebanon, Unicef says</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Nearly 700,000 people, including around 200,000 children, have been forced from their homes across Lebanon over the past week alone as a result of Israeli bombardment and expulsion orders, Unicef, the UN children’s agency, said.</p> <p>Unicef said the number is in addition to the tens of thousands of people "already uprooted from previous escalations".</p> <p>At least 83 children have been killed and 254 wounded across Lebanon since 2 March, an average of more than 10 children killed each day, with roughly 36 wounded daily, it said. </p> </div> </div> </article> https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/nearly-700000-displaced-lebanon-unicef-says