Orphaned by Israeli strike, Syrian girl in Beirut wants to return to friends and school

Orphaned by Israeli strike, Syrian girl in Beirut wants to return to friends and school
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Summary Her childhood was turned upside down when an Israeli strike killed her parents and siblings ‌and destroyed their home.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A month ago, Nariman al-Issa's life was like any 12-year-old's: she played with toys and rode her ​bicycle in Beirut's southern suburbs.

Her childhood was turned upside down when an Israeli strike killed her parents and siblings ‌and destroyed their home.

Now the young Syrian is out of school and barely surviving with her extended family out on the street in the Lebanese capital - among the 1 million displaced by the Israeli military's expanding air strikes and mass evacuation orders. 

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