UNICEF condemns killing of 3 children in South Lebanon strike
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UNICEF expressed outrage after an airstrike in South Lebanon killed three children from one family, urging an immediate halt to hostilities to protect civilians.
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The family martyred in the Israeli aggression on southern Lebanon's Bint Jbeil on September 21, 2025. The wife remains in critical condition. (Social media)
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Sunday it was “deeply shocked and outraged” by the killing of three children from the same family in an airstrike in southern Lebanon, urging an immediate end to hostilities to protect civilians.
In a statement, UNICEF stressed that “attacks on children are unconscionable,” adding, “No child should ever pay the price of conflict with their life.” The agency called for the protection of every child and demanded an immediate halt to violence.
UNICEF warned that continued fighting places thousands of children at risk, urging all parties to uphold their obligations under international humanitarian law and refrain from attacks on civilians.
“Hostilities must cease immediately to ensure the protection of #EveryChild,” the organization said.
UNICEF is deeply shocked and outraged by the killing of three children from the same family in an airstrike in South #Lebanon.
— UNICEF Lebanon (@UNICEFLebanon) September 21, 2025
Attacks on children are unconscionable. No child should ever pay the price of conflict with their life.
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Three children killed in Israeli aggression
Five people, including three children, were killed and several others wounded on Sunday after an Israeli drone strike targeted a motorcycle in the southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil, according to a preliminary toll released by the Health Emergency Operations Center at Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health.
The center said the raid also left multiple injuries, with victims transferred to nearby hospitals as rescue teams continued to search the area around the strike.
Among the martyrs were three kids of the Charara family, their father Chadi, while their mother and older sister were heavily wounded and are currently under intensive care.
Al Mayadeen’s correspondent reported that the drone hit the motorcycle in the town center. At the same time, Israeli forces fired flares over the skies of Aitaroun and launched additional flares between Yaroun and Maroun al-Ras, in a bid to ignite fires in the surrounding groves.
Separately, another drone dropped a bomb in the town of Kfar Kila during the funeral procession of Hassan Shahrour, who was killed in a Saturday airstrike on the Khardali area.
