Amid a ceasefire in Lebanon, one family buries their daughter

NPR | By Kat Lonsdorf

Published April 22, 2026 at 4:45 PM EDT

Last week, NPR spent time with a family still searching for their 26-year-old daughter in the rubble one week after Israeli airstrikes hit Beirut. Now her remains have been identified.

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