UNICEF / CHILDREN MENA CONFLICTS

According to UNICEF, every five seconds, a child is displaced, injured, or killed in the Middle East and North Africa’s conflicts. UNICEF

• Video Length: 00:02:31
• Production Date: 1 July 2025
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF
• Subject Topical: CHILD MORTALITY; CHILDREN; CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICTS
• Geographic Subject: MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA
• MAMS Id: 3419972
• Parent Id: 3419972
• Alternate Title: unifeed250701h

Description

STORY: UNICEF / CHILDREN MENA CONFLICTS
TRT: 02:31
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNICEF ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: PLEASE SEE SHOTLIST FOR DETAILS

Shotlist

07 JUNE 2025, KHARTOUM, SUDAN

1. Wide shot, patients and children, health facility for treatment against Cholera
2. Various shots, patients and children, health facility
3. Various shots, children with their mothers sit and sleep in compounds, health facilities
4. Wide shot, patients, health facility

10 JUNE 2025, AL SHIFA HOSPITAL, GAZA

5. Various shots, destruction, debris and damaged ambulance vehicle, hospital compound
6. Various shots, UNICEF Spokesperson James Elder walks inside hospital meeting with 6-year-old Retal who has sustained head injury that affected her breathing and airway
7. Wide shot, 8-year-old Tala who has sustained injuries to her abdomen and head

15 JUNE 2025, KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA STRIP

8. Various shots, Wafaa and her family, displaced from Rafah, show around their temporary shelter, Al Zohor displacement camp

15 FEBRUARY 2025, SOUTHERN LEBANON

9. Wide shot, destroyed church, Khiam
10. Various shots, ruined school, debris, classroom Aita al-Shaab neighborhood
11. Various shots, schoolbook covered in dirt and debris, heavily damaged school building

Storyline

According to UNICEF, every five seconds, a child is displaced, injured, or killed in the Middle East and North Africa’s conflicts.

At least 12.2 million children have reportedly been killed, maimed or displaced in conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in less than 2 years, the equivalent of one child displaced every five seconds, and one child killed or maimed every fifteen minutes.

Reports indicate over 12 million children have been displaced, more than 40,000 maimed, and almost 20,000 killed.

UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Edouard Beigbeder said that a child’s life is being turned upside down the equivalent of every five seconds due to the conflicts in the region.

Today, nearly 110 million children in MENA live in countries affected by conflict.

Violence continues to disrupt nearly every aspect of their lives.

Homes, schools, and health facilities are being destroyed.

Children are regularly exposed to life-threatening situations, extreme distress, and displacement, stripped of safety and often left with psychological scars that can last a lifetime.