BEIRUT: It was a year ago when Jomana Siddiqui visited Lebanon, where her father was born — and is now buried. The current military escalation unfolds amid fears that fighting could spread in the region and comes as the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza nears the grim one-year mark. They said, eight of their loved ones — their sister, brother-in-law, four of their nephews and two of their nephews' children — were killed in Lebanon in one of the attacks. In Cyprus, Rosaline Ghoukassian said the overwhelming majority of Lebanese don't want this war. Since then, Israel's military response in Gaza has killed more than 41,000 Palestinians, according to local health officials.

Source: Economic Times October 06, 2024 07:50 UTC