Unfortunately, Lebanese children are starting to suffer like Gazans because of Israel’s indiscriminate attacks on civilians in Lebanon. At 8 years old and from a hospital bed, Amir can now tell what war is like. “I was playing outside when a missile hit near my neighbor’s house and the explosion threw me into the air“said the boy.
Nearly half a million children have had to flee their homes in Lebanon. Their voices, which we hear today, are very sadly reminiscent of those of the children of Gaza. »Every day I hear terrifying sounds. I ask my mother what they are and she explains to me that they are war planes,” says Nathaly, a Lebanese girl of only 7 years old.
Some children’s statements that their only task should be to play and do their homework. The executive director of UNICEF Spain, Chema Vera, explains to Sexta Noticias that it is “a childhood that what you have is fear and they are afraid because they have already had crisis after crisis in recent years. » But it is much more serious: “Now they regularly hear these bombings. Many of them had to flee their homes, flee quickly, leaving everything”.
A cry of despair: “We cannot resist”
Half of the country’s schools have become shelters and children will not be able to start the school yearHopefully until next month. According to Andrés Condé, general director of Save The Children, “children in Lebanon have experienced disruptions in their educational process for six consecutive years.” “When a boy or girl loses, the school loses an essential part of their life. And their situation is very vulnerable”, regrets.
For his part, Chema Vera affirms that the war “will already have an impact on all lifelong learning“because “it is difficult to recover from and, in the end, it will have effects on your professional development, your future or any area of your personal and professional life.”
Israel has already killed more than 2,100 people in Lebanonamong them a hundred children. So the director of Save The Children asks “that the Israeli attack against the two countries stop” and utters a cry of despair: “Really, we cannot resist. “We have never seen anything like this and we have not worked in a context of greater risk than that which we are currently experiencing in Gaza and that which is becoming in Lebanon,” he denounces. .
Just listen to the stories of children like Amir, 7 years old, who left their homes, their friends, their lives: “Before, we spent the day playingand my aunt Sanaa said: ‘Don’t they ever get tired?’ We played until it got dark. » Cessation of the conflict would be the only way to guarantee that there are no more innocent victims.
