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Lebanon students struggle as war shuts school doors

Classrooms converted into shelters and recorded lessons on tablets show how the conflict is interrupting schooling for hundreds of thousands of children in Lebanon.

Published Mar 28, 2026, 5:19 PM EDT | WFMZZ

In a classroom turned shelter for displaced families, teenager Ahmad Melhem follows a recorded lesson on a tablet. The war between Hezbollah and Israel has forced schools to close and interrupted education for hundreds of thousands of students across Lebanon.