Lebanon's Heartbreak: Thousands Dead, Over a Million Displaced Amid Israeli Bombardment
Lebanon's Heartbreak: Thousands Dead, Over a Million Displaced Amid Israeli Bombardment
Sputnik International
Lebanon has been ravaged since last week by relentless Israeli airstrikes, tearing through cities, homes and lives. On the night of September 30, Israeli ground forces invaded, further stoking an already smoldering conflict.
The death toll from Israel's bombardment has now neared 2,000 - each number a mother, father, child, and neighbor lost forever.Over 1.2 million Lebanese have fled their homes in sheer desperation.Families who once lived in peace now walk a path of uncertainty, most of them seeking shelter across the border in Syria carrying little more than memories of what they have left behind. While Israel defends its actions, stating that its strikes are targeted and precise, the devastation in the Dahieh district of Beirut tells a different story.Rubble and smoke now cover once-thriving neighborhoods, and photos from the scene show lives shattered beyond repair.Explore Sputnik's photo gallery for more.
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Lebanon's Heartbreak: Thousands Dead, Over a Million Displaced Amid Israeli Bombardment
Lebanon has been ravaged since last week by relentless Israeli airstrikes, tearing through cities, homes and lives. On the night of September 30, Israeli ground forces invaded, further stoking an already smoldering conflict.
The death toll from Israel's bombardment has now neared 2,000 - each number a mother, father, child, and neighbor lost forever.
Over 1.2 million Lebanese have fled their homes in sheer desperation.
Families who once lived in peace now walk a path of uncertainty, most of them seeking shelter across the border in Syria carrying little more than memories of what they have left behind.
While Israel defends its actions, stating that its strikes are targeted and precise, the devastation in the Dahieh district of Beirut tells a different story.
Rubble and smoke now cover once-thriving neighborhoods, and photos from the scene show lives shattered beyond repair.
Israel began a massive bombing campaign, codenamed Northern Arrows, in southern and eastern parts of Lebanon on September. Hezbollah, in turn, fired dozens of rockets toward northern Israel.
Above: Smoke rises from the site of the Israeli airstrike in Dahieh, Beirut, Lebanon.
This escalation was preceded by a series of explosions of pagers and walkie-talkies in Lebanon on September 17 and 18, which killed over 40 people and injured nearly 3,500 others.
Above: Civil defense workers extinguish a fire at the site of the Israeli airstrike in Dahieh.
Lebanese Health Minister Firass Abiad reported that as of October 3, nearly 2,000 people had been killed and over 9,000 others injured in the Israeli bombardment.
Hundreds of children, women and members of medical and emergency teams are among those killed, the minister said.
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