Lebanon: Remarks by UNICEF Deputy Executive Director, Ted Chaiban, at the UN Secretary General Spokesperson’s noon briefing: Across the Middle East, a generation of children is bei

Countries: Lebanon, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Israel, Kuwait, Syrian Arab Republic Source: UN Children's Fund As delivered NEW YORK, 23 February 2026 – “Twenty-three days into the escalating conflict in the Middle East, children across the region are paying a devastating price. A further descent into a wider or protracted conflict would be catastrophic for millions more. “More than 2,100 children have been killed or injured, including 206 children killed in Iran and 118 in Lebanon.