Death, displacement and military duties: children plunged into crisis by Middle East war

William Christou, Lorenzo Tondo, and Oliver Holmes - The Guardian

The article reports that the ongoing US-Israeli war in the Middle East is having a severe and long-lasting impact on children across the region, with hundreds killed and thousands injured and over a million displaced, particularly in Lebanon, Gaza, the West Bank, and Iran. It highlights widespread destruction of schools and infrastructure, disruption of education for millions of children, and growing psychological trauma, as well as concerns about grave violations such as the recruitment of children into military roles.