Adam Afana, 5, who was brought to Lebanon from the Strip for treatment after he nearly lost his left arm in an Israeli airstrike that killed his father and sister, receives physiotherapy at a clinic in Mar Elias Palestinian refugee camp in 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.

Since the beginning of Israel's war in Gaza over a year ago, Lebanon has been a place of refuge for many wounded Gazan children. Ghassan Abu Sitta, a British-Palestinian surgeon active in Gaza at the start of the war, facilitated the arrival of around a ...