As tensions rise between Israel and Iran against the backdrop of the deadly war in Gaza, a regional escalation could become a reality. In the south of Lebanon, where a quiet war began the day after October 7, 2023 between Iran’s ally, Hezbollah and the Hebrew state, the population is holding its breath in the face of the specter of yet another conflict. great magnitude. Since October, clashes have displaced more than 100,000 people. Meeting with some of them in Tyre, about twenty kilometers from the border.
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With correspondent in Beirut, back from Tyre, Sophie Guignon
At the public school for girls in Tire in Lebanon, classes take place on the ground floor while upstairs the classrooms have been converted into basic studios for displaced people. Zeinab Ali Wahid, mother of two children, has lived there for almost six months.
“ Here we put the dishes. Plates, glasses, pans and pots. And this is the gas stove for cooking “, she explains. His house was destroyed by Israeli bombings. She was only able to save a few photos. “ Everything in my house was destroyed, continues Zeinab Ali Wahid. As soon as I hear a plane or a bombing, I am afraid, I worry for my children. A shaking door makes me run away. »
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More than 400 dead
In a neighboring room, Hassan Ali Meliji is a 59-year-old fisherman from the border village of Naqoura. On the walls, a photo of his nephew, a rescuer, and a colleague, killed in strikes. “ I am devastated by their deaths, he confides. One had three children, the other two. It is very sad to see young people in the prime of their lives disappear while they were supporting their families. They stayed away from war, they were rescue workers and fish catchers. »
In more than six months, the war in southern Lebanon has left 430 dead according to the authorities, mainly Hezbollah fighters, but also around a hundred civilians.
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