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Israel is explicitly warning Christian and Druze residents in southern Lebanon not to hide Muslims residents among them as their forces advance.

Leqaa Kordia, a Palestinian woman detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in March 2025 while on a student visa, shared her experience of her time in custody during an interview with ABC News.

She described harsh conditions including poor hygiene, inadequate sanitary facilities, and medical negligence. She said that her suffering under these conditions was compounded by the loss of 200 of her family members in Gaza, which had previously spurred her protesting and subsequent arrest at Columbia University in 2024.

Kordia was accused of overstaying her visa and faced scrutiny over payments she had sent to her family in the Middle East. However, these charges were eventually dropped by the US government due to lack of evidence.