UN: More than 400,000 children in Lebanon displaced by war in past three weeks

More than 400,000 children in Lebanon have been displaced in the past three weeks, a top official with the UN children’s agency has said (Bilal Hussein/AP)

More than 400,000 children in Lebanon have been displaced in the past three weeks, a top official with the UN children’s agency said, as he warned of a “lost generation” in the small country grappling with multiple crises and now in the middle of war.

Israel has escalated its campaign against the Lebanon-based Hezbollah militant group, including launching a ground invasion, after a year of exchanges of fire during its war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.