Ship attacks in Gulf intensify as Israel launches new strikes in Lebanon

This page is no longer being updated. You can continue to follow our coverage at our new live page here Edited by Jake Lapham and Toby Mann, with Barbara Plett Usher in Doha, Lina Sinjab, Carine Torbey and Alice Cuddy in Lebanon, Nick Beake in Dubai, and Dan Johnson on the Turkey-Iran border We are moving our live coverage of the conflict in the Middle East. You can keep following the latest developments here. The conflict in the Middle East is becoming "catastrophic for millions of children across the region", says the United Nations agency for children, Unicef. Since the first US-Israeli strikes on Iran began on 28 February, more than 1,100 children have been reported injured or killed in the violence, Unicef says in a statement. The statement adds that this includes 200 children reportedly killed in Iran, 91 in Lebanon, four in Israel and one in Kuwait. "Nothing justifies the killing and maiming of children, or the destruction and disruption of essential services that children depend on", it says. Unicef says it reiterates UN Secretary-General António Guterres' call "to end the fighting and engage in diplomatic negotiations". It also calls on parties to take "all necessary preca