Hundreds of fleeing families sleep on beaches and streets after Israel's airstrikes shake Beirut
The Peninsula
Beirut: Smoke was still rising from Beirut s southern suburbs Saturday morning, visible to many of the families who had fled their homes there the nig...
Beirut: Smoke was still rising from Beirut’s southern suburbs Saturday morning, visible to many of the families who had fled their homes there the night before to escape Israel’s massive aggressive bombardment.
It had been a harrowing night - getting out amid earthshaking explosions, looking in vain for space in one of the overflowing schools-turned-shelters.
By the morning, hundreds of families were sleeping in public squares, on beaches or in cars around Beirut.
Lines of people trudged up to the mountains above the Lebanese capital, holding infants and a few belongings.
Overnight, Israel unleashed a series of airstrikes on various parts of Dahiyeh, collection of suburbs on Beirut’s southern edge where tens of thousands of residents live.
