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Debris litters a street following an Israeli airstrike that targeted the Maamoura neighbourhood in Beirut's southern suburbs on March 4, 2026. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)

NEWS QUOTE: Ten days of conflict claim lives of 10 classrooms full of children with 83 killed in Lebanon 

Ten days since the first strikes in the Middle East and wider region 83 children have been killed in Lebanon, and almost 300 children have been killed in the region.

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“EVERY WAR IS A WAR AGAINST CHILDREN, BUT IT MUST NEVER BE ACCEPTED AS AN INEVITABILITY”: STATEMENT FROM SAVE THE CHILDREN CEO INGER ASHING

As the world marks the Annual Day on the Rights of the Child on 9 March, bombardment, displacement, and terror are inflicting new wounds on a generation of children across the Middle East and wider region one week after hostilities escalated. 

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NEWS STATEMENT: 500,000 PEOPLE FACING DISPLACEMENT FROM SOUTHERN BEIRUT

Save the Children warned the orders issued to up to 500,000 people in southern Beirut could result in a humanitarian catastrophe.

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“Children Across the Gulf Living In Fear": Save the Children Calls for urgent Diplomacy to End Hostilities 

Millions of children have been placed at grave risk due to the escalation in conflict last weekend, including about 15.5 million children in GCC states, with fear, disruption and uncertainty now defining their days. 

Amina* 18 feeding her goats at home in Barishal, Bangladesh as captured by Shefali Rafiq

Goats help girls avoid child marriage as rates rise in Bangladesh

 More than 1,000, or 85%, of 1,200 girls who received income-generating support from Save the Children in Bangladesh were able to avoid marriage and continue with their education after being able to start generating independent incomes.  

A campaign running for 100 days from 27 November last year until International Women’s Day on 8 March has mobilised communities, faith leaders, and organisations to advocate for an end to child marriage globally with about one in five girls married before 18 – or about 28 girls every minute. 

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Three New Designs Announced for UNIQLO PEACE FOR ALL Charity T-Shirt Project

T-shirts featuring messages of peace from three new collaborators, available from April 17.

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“CHILDREN LIVING IN FEAR”: MORE THAN 100 MILLION CHILDREN IMPACTED IN MIDDLE EAST REGIONAL CONFLICT – SAVE THE CHILDREN

This is the most expansive conflict in the region in decades, impacting at least 15 countries with strikes destroying homes, schools and hospitals in some of the worst-affected countries. Children are at heightened risk of physical and mental harm, exploitation and abuse.

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NEWS QUOTE: Children sleeping in cars and on the streets in Lebanon as families seek safety

As armed conflict spreads in the wider region, about 58,000 people, including an estimated 16,000 children have been displaced in Lebanon in the past three days children with seven children reported killed.