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A Frantic Rush Overwhelms a Lebanese Border Town 

Here in Rmeish, a Christian town less than a mile from the Israeli border, refugees living in garages, storefronts, churches and schools begged for food, water and medicine on Friday. . . .

Scenes of desperation flashed across an exquisite landscape of blue water, tobacco fields, banana plants and goats. . .

In a nearby garage, a large extended family sat on plastic chairs, waiting for salvation. An old man in a white crocheted cap lay on a mat under a ceiling hung with drying tobacco leaves. He needed medicine.

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