Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire remains elusive, leaving Lebanon in the crossfire

QLAYAA, Lebanon — The fighting around this Maronite Catholic town in Southern Lebanon hasn’t kept students away from the Antonine School.

It’s true, the Rev. Youssef Basil says, that the primary and middle school children sometimes grow so frightened “we call their parents to come get them.” But as the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah intensifies, the explosions that often interrupt class have been their own education.