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Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah stands in a corridor at the American University of Beirut Medical Center. He is a reconstructive and plastic surgeon who treats those wounded in war, including, by his estimate, thousands of children.

Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah stands in a corridor at the American University of Beirut Medical Center. He is a reconstructive and plastic surgeon who treats those wounded in war, including, by his estimate, thousands of children. Diego Ibarra Sanchez for NPR hide caption

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Nearly two years into the war in Gaza, UNICEF estimates that more than 50,000 Palestinian children have been killed or injured. We meet a doctor in nearby Lebanon where he and his team are racing to heal the handful of kids they can reach.

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