REPORTING. "I was born with the sound of typing" : Lebanese population trapped in a potential escalation between Hezbollah and Israel
Tensions Rise in Lebanon After Hezbollah Promises Response “severe” against Israel. The Shiite militia could join Iran after the double assassination of Fouad Chokor, a senior Hezbollah dignitary in Beirut, and that of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. After ten months of war and the death of more than 100 civilians in southern Lebanon, the population fears an escalation.
On Monday afternoon, the sound of an explosion rocks the capital. The Israeli air force has just broken the sound barrier above the buildings. In the north of the city, Mona took a while to come to her senses: “I was very scared, I cried and screamed… I calmed down when I knew it was not a strike.”
His companion Ahmad is at his side. They discuss together what they could do if war breaks out. “I’m going to flee, to Qatar or Dubai, even if it’s sometimes complicated to get a visa.”explains Mona. “I’m not afraidsaid his companion. I was born with the sound of strikes. I heard them when I was little and I adapted! If I leave, and you leave, and everyone leaves… Who will take care of the country?”
A few blocks away, Ibtissem has already had to make a decision. The small apartment furnished only with a television and a sofa is not her home. Until a few days ago, the sixty-year-old lived in the south of the country, near the border. She preferred to come to Beirut as a precaution: “A lot of people are worried. We watch the news, we hear about an escalation but we don’t know what will happen next.”
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