{"id":140653,"date":"2024-09-24T00:05:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T00:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/24\/lebanese-fleeing-israel-bombings-seek-shelter-in-squalid-beirut-refugee-camp\/"},"modified":"2024-09-24T00:05:06","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T00:05:06","slug":"lebanese-fleeing-israel-bombings-seek-shelter-in-squalid-beirut-refugee-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/24\/lebanese-fleeing-israel-bombings-seek-shelter-in-squalid-beirut-refugee-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanese fleeing Israel bombings seek shelter in squalid Beirut refugee camp"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Shatila refugee camp has for decades been an epicentre for Palestinian refugees – a haven on the outskirts of Beirut for stateless people.<\/p>\n

Its bloody history is plastered all over the walls, as are the images of slain Palestinian leaders. And there is a new trend emerging, those of militants from Hamas<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The conditions are squalid, construction is low quality and dangerous electric cables hang in the air on every street.<\/p>\n

Middle East latest: Israel ‘prepared’ to invade if necessary – IDF<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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It feels like a city within a city – it’s overcrowded and like anywhere, it’s often been a dangerous place. But people fleeing conflicts at different times have called it home, from Palestinians to Syrians.<\/p>\n

Now hundreds of people from the south of Lebanon<\/a><\/strong> are arriving as Israel intensifies its strikes against Hezbollah<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Like hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, Hajji Zeinab’s family were displaced following the creation of Israel<\/a><\/strong> in 1948. They fled and settled here.<\/p>\n

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She shares the fears of many here that Hezbollah<\/a><\/strong>‘s war with Israel could come to her neighbourhood.<\/p>\n

“This situation is difficult for everyone, including for us here as we don’t know what our fate is,” she tells me.<\/p>\n

“People in Lebanon are sacrificing for us, the Palestinian people. The least we can do is open up our centres and schools and help.”<\/p>\n

Three families are now being hosted in her home, including nine children.<\/p>\n

All of them fled bombardment in southern Lebanon. Among them, six-year-old Zeinab and four-year-old Aya.<\/p>\n

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Their father, Assem Said, says they’re terrified.<\/p>\n

“The strikes became very heavy everywhere across southern Lebanon, in the houses and in the neighbourhoods. The kids would shake because they’re so scared,” he says.<\/p>\n

No one knows when they will be able to go back home.<\/p>\n

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Read more:<\/strong>
The World with Yalda Hakim<\/a>
Hezbollah has been provoked like never before – analysis<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

For now, like so many who live at this camp, Zeinab and Aya have also become displaced.<\/p>\n

As the situation escalates further in the south of the country, the residents of Shatila believe it’s only a matter of time before they feel the effects of this war in the capital.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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