UN says strikes on Lebanon killing children ‘at a frightening rate’

Wounded Lebanese child Haidar Hijazi, 5, rests at hospital in Sidon on Friday, after he was injured following an Israeli airstrike that targeted his home village of al-Sharkiyah in southern Lebanon. AFP

Wounded Lebanese child Haidar Hijazi, 5, rests at hospital in Sidon on Friday, after he was injured following an Israeli airstrike that targeted his home village of al-Sharkiyah in southern Lebanon. AFP

Abdallah Tawfik al-Hamid, 13, a Syrian boy who was wounded in a recent Israeli strike, receives treatment in a hospital in Sarafand, Lebanon, on Friday. REUTERS

Abdallah Tawfik al-Hamid, 13, a Syrian boy who was wounded in a recent Israeli strike, receives treatment in a hospital in Sarafand, Lebanon, on Friday. REUTERS

Displaced families who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon are pictured at a park where they are taking refuge in Tripoli, on Friday. AFP

Displaced families who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon are pictured at a park where they are taking refuge in Tripoli, on Friday. AFP

Displaced families who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon are pictured at a park where they are taking refuge in Tripoli, on Friday. AFP

Displaced families who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon are pictured at a park where they are taking refuge in Tripoli, on Friday. AFP

Rescuers check the rubble of a building following an overnight Israeli airstrike in the southern Lebanese village of Shebaa near along the border between the two countries, on Friday. AFP

Rescuers check the rubble of a building following an overnight Israeli airstrike in the southern Lebanese village of Shebaa near along the border between the two countries, on Friday. AFP

Smoke billows following an overnight Israeli air strike in Baalbeck in eastern Lebanon, on Friday. AFP

Smoke billows following an overnight Israeli air strike in Baalbeck in eastern Lebanon, on Friday. AFP

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