Lebanese emergency services are overwhelmed and need better gear to save lives in wartime

Lebanese emergency services are overwhelmed and need better gear to save lives in wartime

BEIRUT — When Israel bombed buildings outside the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, Mohamed Arkadan and his team rushed to an emergency unlike anything they had ever seen. About a dozen apartments had collapsed onto the hillside they once overlooked, burying more than 100 people. Even after 17 years with the civil defense forces of … Read more