The United Nations children’s agency warned Tuesday that conflict on Lebanon’s southern border was taking a heavy toll on children, with thousands out of school and healthcare “critically impacted”. “We are deeply alarmed by the situation of children and families who have been forced from their homes,” Edouard Beigbeder, the Lebanon representative for UNICEF, said in a statement. He further warned of “the profound long-term impact the violence is taking on children’s safety, health and access to education”. “We call for an immediate ceasefire and the protection of children and civilians,” he s…