In the hills of the Bekaa Valley – as in swathes of Lebanon – death can come from the sky these days, at any moment. <\/p>\n Israel has been bombing the area through the day, with more 30 air strikes in just an hour.<\/p>\n Forty-six people are confirmed dead – and that toll is expected to rise.<\/p>\n Others are in critical condition in hospital, after Israeli attacks earlier this week.<\/p>\n Noor Mossawi is among them. The six-year-old is lying unconscious in a paediatric intensive care unit, in Rayak Hospital, with bandages wrapped around her fractured skull. <\/p>\n Her mother Rima is sitting by her bedside, holding a copy of the Quran and praying.<\/p>\n She tells us her daughter is very bright and very sociable. <\/p>\n “She creates such a fun atmosphere at home. The house feels empty when she’s not around. She loves meeting new people.”<\/p>\n All that changed last Monday, with an Israeli strike.<\/p>\n She shows us another video of her daughter – this time praying, shortly before the attack. <\/p>\n “I was soothing her, telling her not to be afraid, that nothing would happen. She was calling on God and the prophets for help,” Rima says.<\/p>\n As the bombing was getting closer, Rima was hunkering by her front door with Noor and her twin brother Mohammed. <\/p>\n “We weren\u2019t brave enough to go inside,” she says, “because we thought the building would collapse on us if it was hit. <\/p>\n “When it got more intense, I picked up Noor and her brother and was about to take them in, but the missile was much faster than I was.”<\/p>\n That missile left Mohammed lightly wounded, and Noor fighting for her life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n As we speak, suddenly there is danger overhead. We hear a plane, and then an explosion which rattles the windows and knocks out the power for a few seconds. <\/p>\n It\u2019s another air strike. Rima barely reacts.<\/p>\n Noor\u2019s father Abdallah comes to visit, and is burning with rage.<\/p>\n “Please film my child,” he says.<\/p>\n “She doesn’t know what weapons are. She doesn’t know how to fight. She was playing at home when the bombing started. They [Israel] wanted to terrorise the people and get them to flee.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Israel says its strikes are targeting Hezbollah sites, including weapons stores and ammunition dumps. <\/p>\n Abdallah begs to differ.<\/p>\n “We have nothing to do with weapons. I am not involved with the resistance [Hezbollah]. But now I wish I was so that I could protect my children,” he tells us.<\/p>\n Minutes later, a few floors down, sirens wail as an ambulance brings in wounded from the latest strike. <\/p>\n Medical staff are rushing back and forward. The emergency department fills with tension. There are angry shouts, and shocked friends and relatives. We are asked to stop filming.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The hospital has admitted 400 casualties of Israeli strikes since Monday – all civilians – according to Dr Basil Abdallah, the medical director. <\/p>\n Of those, more than 100 have died, and several families had lost more than one person.<\/p>\n Dr Abdallah tells us there is trauma among the staff, as well as the patients.<\/p>\n “Seeing children bombed, seeing elderly patients and women bombed, it’s difficult,” he says. “Most of the nurses and the doctors are depressed. We have emotions. We are human.”<\/p>\n Most of the staff remain at the hospital around the clock as it is too dangerous to risk the journey home.<\/p>\n Israel is striking far and wide in Lebanon. There\u2019s no-one to stop it. <\/p>\n For now, Hezbollah is putting up a limited fight, firing rockets across the border. <\/p>\n Its backer, Iran, is remaining on the sidelines.<\/p>\n Dr Abdallah is already worried about running out of drugs and essential supplies. <\/p>\n He fears this will be a long war.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"Goktay](\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/64bb\/live\/30bbb6d0-7e95-11ef-b17c-2981c6d95354.jpg.webp\")
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