Traumatized by war, hundreds of Lebanon’s children struggle with wounds both physical and emotional

BEIRUT — Curled up in his father’s lap, clinging to his chest, Hussein Mikdad cried his heart out. The 4-year-old kicked his doctor with his intact foot and pushed him away with the arm that was not in a cast. “Make him leave me alone!” he cried. His father reassured him and pulled him closer, […]

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Traumatized by war, hundreds of Lebanon’s children struggle with wounds both physical and emotional

BEIRUT — Curled up in his father ’s lap, clinging to his chest, Hussein Mikdad cried his heart out. The 4-year-old kicked his doctor with his intact foot and pushed him away with the arm that was not in a cast. “My Dad! My Dad!” Hussein said. “Make him leave me alone!” With eyes tearing […]

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Traumatized by war, hundreds of Lebanon’s children struggle with wounds both physical and emotional

BEIRUT — Curled up in his father ’s lap, clinging to his chest, Hussein Mikdad cried his heart out. The 4-year-old kicked his doctor with his intact foot and pushed him away with the arm that was not in a cast. “My Dad! My Dad!” Hussein said. “Make him leave me alone!” With eyes tearing […]

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Health workers in Lebanon describe deadly Israeli attacks on colleagues and fear more

BEIRUT — Israel’s military struck outside the gates of a hospital in southern Lebanon without warning on Friday, killing seven paramedics and forcing the facility to close, the hospital director told The Associated Press a day after one of the most deadly attacks on health workers in the weeks since fighting escalated between Israel and […]

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Israeli footage showing the last minutes of Hamas leader’s life sets off a debate over his legacy

The world’s final glimpse of Hamas’ leader was rough and raw, showing him wounded and cornered as he sat in a bombed-out Palestinian home and faced down the Israeli drone filming him, hurling a stick at it. For Israel, the scene was one of victory, showing Yahya Sinwar, the architect of Oct.7, broken and defeated. […]

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Israeli airstrike in south Lebanon kills 3 journalists as they sleep

BEIRUT — An Israeli airstrike killed three journalists as they slept at a guesthouse in southeast Lebanon early Friday, a rare strike on an area that had so far been spared the hostilities in the rest of the region. It was the latest in a series of Israeli attacks against journalists covering the war in […]

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