With the intensification of Israeli strikes in Lebanon, reconstructive plastic surgeon Dr. Sleiman is seeing patients come and go at an unprecedented rate. It's a situation that the doctor fears is going to continue.

Nurses carefully removed the bandage from Hussein Aidibi's foot. The 15-year-old tried to put on a brave face but a tremor ran through his body, making his toes twitch. His piercing blue eyes froze. Hussein was admitted to the burn unit at Geitaoui Hospital in central Beirut on September 23, with second and third-degree burns to his torso, arms and lower limbs.