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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