TEHRAN- Israel has targeted Lebanese civilians, including women and children, in the wake of its military attacks against the country that began in October 2023.

The Israeli army has killed more than 3,200 people, including 201 children and injured over 14,000 others in Lebanon since then. 

Most of them have lost their lives since Israel began a massive bombing campaign in the Mediterranean country in mid-September this year. 

According to the Associated Press, a fifth of newly admitted patients at the burns center in Beirut’s Geitaoui hospital are children. 

Ivana Skakye is among those kids who have been hospitalized there. 

She has suffered third-degree burns over 40 percent of her body following an Israeli attack on her home on September 23. 

Ivana, who turned two last week, remains wrapped in gauze around her head, arms and lower body.

Fatima Zayoun, her mother, told the AP that the Israeli attack damaged their house and caused a fire.

Ivana and her sister were playing on the terrace at the time of the strike. Zayoun said she found the two children covered in black ash. Ivana was unrecognizable. Her hair had burned away.

American media outlets have acknowledged that numerous civilians in Lebanon have lost their lives due to the weapons supplied by the administration of US President Joe Biden to Israel.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, known as Bibi, claims that his army hits positions of the Hezbollah resistance group. But facts on the ground indicate that civilians fall victim to the American-provided Israeli bombs.