{"id":8490,"date":"2025-09-26T02:14:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T02:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.iohr-us.org\/2025\/09\/26\/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%88%d9%86%d9%8a%d8%b3%d9%81-%d8%aa%d9%86%d8%a8%d9%87-%d8%a5%d9%84%d9%89-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%ae%d8%a7%d8%b7%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d9%8a-%d9%8a%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%ac%d9%87%d9%87\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T02:19:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T02:19:37","slug":"unicef-warns-of-growing-risks-to-children-amid-escalating-tensions-in-the-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.iohr-us.org\/en\/2025\/09\/26\/unicef-warns-of-growing-risks-to-children-amid-escalating-tensions-in-the-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"UNICEF Warns of Growing Risks to Children Amid Escalating Tensions in the Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Adele Khodor, Regional Director of the United Nations Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF), stated that any escalation of violence in the Middle East would have severe humanitarian consequences for children, putting their lives and well-being at risk, with \u201clong-term impacts on the prospects for peace and stability\u201d in the region.<\/p>\n

In a statement released on Thursday, Ms. Khodor called for an immediate de-escalation to protect children\u2019s lives and well-being, emphasizing that \u201cthe alternative is unimaginable.\u201d<\/p>\n

She highlighted that children in many Middle Eastern countries are facing harsher realities than ever before, with waves of violence and attacks over recent months, \u201cresulting in devastating losses of children\u2019s lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAlmost every report of an attack brings news of children among the casualties. In less than a year, thousands of children have been killed across Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, and the occupied Golan Heights,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

The Regional Director also pointed to the numerous injuries that have left permanent scars on children\u2019s bodies, causing extensive mental health damage, along with many losing their homes due to displacement, living in a \u201cconstant state of uncertainty and fear.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms. Khodor reiterated UNICEF\u2019s call to all parties to exercise maximum restraint and to protect civilians and essential services they rely on for survival, in accordance with their obligations under international humanitarian law. She emphasized, \u201cChildren have the right to protection from violence, and this must always be upheld.\u201d<\/p>\n

She stressed that children in the region urgently need peace and security, \u201cand the chance to live with dignity, free from deprivation and fear, which begins with de-escalation, reaching a lasting political solution, and promising a brighter future.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Adele Khodor, Regional Director of the United Nations Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF), stated that any escalation of violence in the Middle East would have severe humanitarian consequences for children, putting their lives and well-being at risk, with \u201clong-term impacts on the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8515,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.iohr-us.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.iohr-us.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.iohr-us.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.iohr-us.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.iohr-us.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.iohr-us.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.iohr-us.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.iohr-us.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.iohr-us.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.iohr-us.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}