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Christians in Lebanon try to stay put amid Israel's invasion

NPR | By Lauren Frayer,

Jawad Rizkallah

Published April 3, 2026 at 3:06 PM CDT

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Some Christian villages are besieged as Lebanon's army pulls out of an area where Israel is battling Shia Muslim Hezbollah militants.

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Lauren Frayer covers South Asia for NPR News. In 2018, she opened a new NPR bureau in India's biggest city, its financial center, and the heart of Bollywood—Mumbai.

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