Her family had been craving chicken to break their daily fast during the holy month of Ramadan. 4 8 Displaced people break their fast at iftar during Ramadan inside a Beirut school converted into a shelter, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Beirut, Lebanon, March 16, 2026. (Reuters)"All the grandkids and parents would gather and spend the night together," said Ghadban, now living in a school-turned-shelter in Beirut. The daily air strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs a few kilometres away sound even louder echoing through its concrete halls. She has tried to identify breaks in air strikes when she can sneak back to her house, miraculously still standing.

Source: The Telegraph March 18, 2026 11:03 UTC