Lebanon news: Toddler ‘appears’ alive in bulldozer shovel, 14 hours after being buried by Israeli airstrikes
Live MintIsrael attacked the Lebanese capital Beirut with a new wave of powerful air strikes overnight. A miraculous survival has stunned rescuers and doctors alike in southern Lebanon, where two-year-old Ali Khalifeh was pulled from the rubble 14 hours after an Israeli airstrike flattened his family's apartment building. "We thought he was dead," said Hussein Khalifeh, Ali’s father's uncle, speaking from a hospital in Sidon. The attack was part of Israel's broader military campaign against Hezbollah, which has escalated since late September, shifting focus from Gaza to Lebanon. “She only saw darkness and heard deafening screams.” Israel Shifts Focus From Gaza, Pounds Lebanon The events of October 29 are part of the broader toll that Israel’s air campaign has exacted on Lebanon.
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