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Lebanon: Father describes moment Israeli missile caused daughter's third-degree burns

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Ivana Skayki has third -degree burns on almost half her body after being hit by an Israeli missile.

The two-year-old was about to flee her home in southern Lebanon when she was hit.

Her father describes moment Israeli missile left his daughter with burns on her head and arms.

She is making a good recovery in the burns unit at Geitaoui Hospital in Beirut .

Ivana has already had a skin graft - from her lower limbs - and is due to be discharged in about 10 days ’ time.

Her family are still displaced and cannot return home to the south, which is under heavy Israeli bombardment.

Dr Sleiman fears there will be many more Ivanas and believes there will not be an end to the war.

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