BEIRUT — A dog clings to Hussein Hamza inside a car as he pans his camera around to show the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon.
'Poor thing. Look at this, he's clinging to me out of fear,' Hamza says in the video he posted online. 'A missile hit here,' he said, his voice shaking.As Israel pummels southern Lebanon with airstrikes, tens of thousands of residents are fleeing their homes in fear. But Hamza is staying. His mission is to care for the dogs and other animals left behind.He runs an animal shelter that houses 200 dogs in the village of Kfour.
Come here, come here! I got you food,' Hamza called to a dog hiding behind a fence in one of his online videos. 'At least unleash your dogs,' he pleads with residents in his videos. 'The dog owners had to escape on foot and couldn't take them.'In the midst of the chaos, Hamza has become a lifeline for many who reach out to him, hoping he can get food to their pets.'This nice man called me, crying.
In South Lebanon Cares For Pets Left Behind As Residents Flee Israeli Strikes
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