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Grieving Mother Fleeing Airstrikes in Southern Lebanon

4/12/2026

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Fatima Kholeif sat outside a hospital in southern Lebanon, clutching photos of her two sons killed in an Israeli airstrike while they worked in an orchard, and she cried, "I can’t endure this."
As news spread of imminent strikes near the hospital in Tyre, families began to flee the area.
A neighbor helped Fatima Kholeif into a car as Israeli warplanes approached, highlighting the ongoing danger to civilians.

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Fatima Kholeif sat outside a hospital in southern Lebanon, clutching photos of her two sons killed in an Israeli airstrike while they worked in an orchard, and she cried, "I can’t endure this."
As news spread of imminent strikes near the hospital in Tyre, families began to flee the area.
A neighbor helped Fatima Kholeif into a car as Israeli warplanes approached, highlighting the ongoing danger to civilians.