- One country, two wars.

The 1967 Arab-Israeli war,

and Jordan's 1970 crackdown

on the Palestinian Liberation Organization

led to much unrest in the Middle East.

- That's right, andfor one young reporter,

it was a daily fight just to stay alive.

Take a look.

(gunfire)

Born into war,

Abdallah Daher learned at an early age

what it means to survive in a country

ravaged by chaos, uncertainty and death.

In 1970,(explosion and screaming)

Lebanon was the battle-ground

in a war between Israel and Palestinians.

The Palestinian Liberation Organization

launched bombs and missiles,

and rained gunfire fromLebanon on Israel daily.

And while Israelis defended their country,

a civil war was stirred

between Lebanese Christians and Muslims.

Young Abdallah found himself

in the middle of these two wars.

As a reporter, he hasexperienced, first-hand,

death and deep loss.

But in 2000, Abdallah and his family

finally found asylum fromthe war in the United States.

Today, the award-winningreporter, producer and director

is sharing his story.

In his new book, "Fight",

Abdallah paints a picture ofthe harsh realities of war,

and how finding Christ in themidst gave him hope and peace.

(explosion)

- The bomb went off right next to me,

killing and injuring all of those

who were standing in front of it.

The soldier who confrontedme pushed me far enough

to get me out of the shrapnel radius.

I was the only one to walkaway without a scratch.

- Incredible.- I think it's powerful.

- Well, Abdallah Daheris with us right now,

our beloved colleague.

Abadallah, welcome to Prayer Link.

- Yes.- Thank you for having me.

- You grew up in Lebanon

with your five brothers and sisters,

and you literally lived,grew up in a war zone.

Tell us, what was that like?

- It was a never-endingnightmare, to be honest with you.

It was a hellish life,

full of fear, despair, anxiety.

You name it,

I mean, all the bad things.

We had to go through so much.

- When you could hear the bombs,

dropping all around,- Yeah, it's crazy.

- What did you guys do?

Because you a safe house,right, that you went to?

- Yes, we had a bunkerin front of our house

that my dad built.

And that's where wespent most of our time,

is hiding in that bunker.

Out of the week we'd spendprobably 5 days in the bunker.

- [ Charlene] Oh, my goodness!

And we didn't have chanceto to and live a normal life

in our home.

- How did you cope with this, as a child?

- It was devastating.

I struggled with nightmaresfor many, many years,

until I became 18 years old.

That's how long it affected my life,

and it was traumatizing for a young boy

to live in constant fear.

Death all around.

No hope, no future.

And that affected me tremendously,

and affected my brothersand all those who lived--

- And, of course, you sawmany of your friends killed.

- Oh yeah, definitely.

We had funerals almost every other day,

or every couple days.- Oh my gosh!

- We had relatives dead, friends.

We had, constantly we were goingthrough a lot of, a lot of,

- Yeah, turmoil.- Turmoil and trauma.

- How did yo you end up inthe United States, Abdallah?

- In the year 2000, I waswanted by the government,

by the Lebanese government,

for working for a Christian organization,

which was CBN.

- [Charlene] Warned by them?

You said warned?

- I was wanted by them.

- [Charlene] Oh, wanted, okay.- Yes, wanted by them.

And, for the longest time,

they sentenced me, in absentia,

for lifetime imprisonment with hard labor.

And the thing is, they couldn't get to me,

and they couldn't arrest me,

'coz we were protected by theIsraeli Army at that time,

in a buffer zone that we had in the area,

so the Lebanese governmentcouldn't come and get me.

And in the year 2000,

Israel decided to withdraw from Lebanon.

And we were exposed to radicalMoslems to come and kill us.

So, I had to take my family and run.

My son was seven months old at the time.

And we ran with nothing.

We just had a duffle bag, withfew items in it for our son.

And we ran into Israel

and we stayed there for couple months.

And after that--

- You abandoned your car,

and literally were running for the border.

- Yes, we left everything behind.

We didn't have anything.

And that night, I remember,it was heartbreaking,

because it got so cold at night,

and my son was sevenmonths old, he was a baby.

And we didn't have anything to cover him,

or shelter him with.

So we put him in the duffle bag

and just zipped the zipperto just, like, keep him warm.

- Reminds me of- Unbelievable!

Mary and Joseph.

Mary and Joseph trying to--

- And I know this may sound cliche,

but it sounds like a movie, Abdallah.

And you've decided towrite about your experience

in your new book called "Fight".

Why was that important?

- For many reasons.

First one was, I wanted toshow the goodness of God.

And I wanted people to know

that, no matter howdire the situation gets

and how miserable life is,

and how bad it gets,

God will pull us through, no matter what.

Because my life,

I contemplated killing myself many times

because of the life that we lived.

Because it was devastating,

and I couldn't imagine away out of that black hole.

That's all I saw.

Darkness all around.

Death, fear, misery.

And I didn't see anychance of getting out.

- But God spared your life,- But God spared my life--

- Your family's life.- My family's life,

and He wanted a messageout of this whole mess.

He wanted to get a message across,

and He used me to just tell the story.

And I wanted to stay faithful.

'Coz He spared my life, asyou can see in the videos

that we showed in the set-up piece.

A bomb explodes next to me,

killing everybody but me.

God spared my life.

And that was one of many, many occasions.

And I just felt like Ihave to tell the story.

I have to relay this message.

The other thing is,

I wanted my children to know,

and all the people around the world,

I wanted for them to know

that, not to take anything for granted.

Because sometimes we feel entitled

for the things that we have.

It's not because you deserve it,

it's because God wants to bless you.

So, be thankful and begrateful for what you have,

because now you have it,

others, they don't.