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Lebanon: 'We just had to flee': Fear and tension in Lebanon under deadly Israeli bombardment

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Lebanon: 'We just had to flee': Fear and tension in Lebanon under deadly Israeli bombardment
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BBC News
2024-09-23
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Across southern Lebanon, families scrambled together belongings and headed north in cars and trucks and on motorcycles as the Israeli military struck targets it said were linked to the Lebanese Shia armed group Hezbollah. Some residents reported receiving warnings in the form of text messages and voice recordings from the Israeli military to leave areas near the Iran-backed group’s positions. Zahra Sawli, a student in the southern town of Nabatieh told the BBC's Newshour programme the bombardment was intense. "I woke up at 6am to the sound of bombing. By noon it started to get really intense and I saw a lot of strikes in my area." "I heard a lot of glass shattering." Unlike many, she and those she was with did not leave the house - they didn't dare, she said. "Where are we supposed to go? A lot of people are still stuck on the streets. A lot of my friends are still stuck in traffic because a lot of people are trying to flee," she said. Follow link for full story...

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