'It Was Literally Like a Horror Movie'
"Suddenly at maybe ten or eleven o'clock, the bombing started, started again in a hectic way, all around Tyre. It was near to my friends' houses and near our house too. Then we were packing a little bit of stuff and while we were packing, we heard the sound of a missile. It came above us and in front of us. And at this moment, we didn't know what to do. We grabbed the stuff from our house and we got into the car and went out of the city. Of course, the bombing, then the airplanes, everything was heard," Gia said.
"We had to wait under attacks. They were literally when we were in the car, seeing the bombing. This was very terrifying when we were among more than a thousand cars, don't know what's going to happen. Then another bomb occurred, and those two bombs were terrifying because they were near civilians. Civilians then were going and escaping from southern Lebanon to another places. That was really terrifying. A lot of my friends were near that bomb. Their cars were shuttered, but thank God they were okay, nothing happened to them."
'Lebanese Citizens Are Helping Each Other'
"A lot of local organizations are doing their best to help us. But the most important thing is that we, Lebanese citizens, are helping each other. Despite everything on the roads from south Lebanon, from Saida to Beirut, people are giving free water, they are asking if they need anything. I think it's the best thing in our situation," the youngster emphasized.
'We Will Stand Together Hand in Hand'
"It’s a real horror. We are looking at people in Gaza, what are they doing right now, to them. We are here supporting Gaza and the people of Palestine. Yes, we are living in horror. Yes, we are displaced. Yes, it's terrifying. Yes, our country and our city, our southern Lebanon are bombed. Yes, we are scared. But we will stand together all against our one enemy. We will stand together hand in hand. We will remain here in Lebanon. And, hopefully, the situation will be better one day. But I'm literally speechless because I have goosebumps all over my body. We have to live. We have to help the people of Gaza."
"The enemies are not targeting the things they said they are targeting. They are targeting civilians also. That's unacceptable. A lot of red lines they've exceeded. A lot of civilians have been murdered and dead. In the safe places where they claim that someone from the [Hezbollah] Resistance were there, but they're not - because they are our friends, we know them. A lot of civilians are suffering. I witnessed also, while coming from Tyre, from south Lebanon, I was seeing the bombing of houses. It's, of course, unacceptable," she concluded.