This is the deadliest conflict Lebanon has been through since the civil war. Since Monday September 23, attacks by the Israeli army against Hezbollah have left more than 700 dead and more than 120,000 displaced. Many took refuge in schools, with relatives or in hotels. Reporting.
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From our correspondent in Beirut, Sophie Guignon
The hotels in Beirut are full. Not tourists, but displaced people from the south of the country who fled Israeli bombings.
Coming from Tyre, Carine and Hussein Kaeck and their two children are Franco-Lebanese. They show us a video of the bombings that forced them to leave.
“ My children on the terrace and bombings at 6:30 a.m., they are shocked, my wife screaming, my daughter crying…,” exclaims Hussein Kaeck, resident of South Lebanon. “ We lost everything there. If they bomb the houses, they bomb everything, we have nothing left… Like in Gaza, at the start, they were talking about a ceasefire, it’s been going on for a year, if it lasts at least one year. Lebanonit’s going to be very, very dark… », he adds.
“ Our government does not defend us »
For this Shiite family, usually not very politicized, the Hezbollah is currently the only defense against Israeli attacks.
“ Our government does not defend us and for us, in South Lebanon, there is only Hezbollah to protect us. We hope to return home with our heads held high, and resume our lives, I know it will be complicated at first, but we are not going to leave our country », underlines Carine Kaeck.
Faced with uncertainty, this couple must arm themselves with courage and hope that Beirut will be spared as long as possible.
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