Children brought from Gaza to heal from war wounds become caught in another war, in Lebanon

Children brought from Gaza to heal from war wounds become caught in another war, in Lebanon

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Seven-year-old Halima Abou Yassine was brought to Lebanon from Gaza for treatment after an Israeli strike left her near death with a gaping wound in her skull. She's one of a dozen Palestinian children from Gaza being treated in Lebanon under a program set up by a British-Palestinian surgeon, Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta. But now the children are caught up in another war as Israel escalates its bombardment of Lebanon in a campaign against the Hezbollah militant group. They are making progress in healing, but the war has prevented more wounded children from being brought to Lebanon for treatment.

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