Hella Josin, a 15-year-old Lebanese Christian girl, was treated for shotgun wounds in Israel yesterday. The youngster was the first victim of the Lebanese civil war to find haven in Israel since the borders were opened to war refugees Monday.
The youngster was escorted across the border near Metullah by Israeli soldiers and was given first aid treatment at an army field hospital. Later she was transferred to a hospital in Safad where surgery was performed to remove shotgun pellets from her legs. The girl’s injuries were not serious but gangrene was beginning to set in by the time she was hospitalized. She said she had been unable to get medical treatment in Lebanon because the hospitals are jammed with wounded people.
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