The Lebanese continue to live their lives, but the latent anxiety is there, downtown Beirut. (Credit: Philippe Hage Boutros)
Since the start of the conflict between Hezbollah and Israeli army 1o months ago in south Lebanon, in the wake of the Gaza war, the Lebanese have been fearing an all-out war. Their anxiety increased tenfold yesterday evening, after the Israeli strike in Beirut’s southern suburb, which targeted a high-ranking commander of Hezbollah militia. This attack came in retaliation for the July 27 strike, which Israel and the US attributed to Hezbollah and the latter firmly denied. It killed 12 children in a soccer field in the Druze town of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, annexed by Israel. In a bid to shed light on the often emotional rollercoaster the Lebanese have been going through, L’Orient-Le Jour spoke to clinical psychologist and psychotherapist Wissam Kotait.How do you analyze Lebanese people’s behavior in the face of this...
Since the start of the conflict between Hezbollah and Israeli army 1o months ago in south Lebanon, in the wake of the Gaza war, the Lebanese have been fearing an all-out war. Their anxiety increased tenfold yesterday evening, after the Israeli strike in Beirut’s southern suburb, which targeted a high-ranking commander of Hezbollah militia. This attack came in retaliation for the July 27 strike, which Israel and the US attributed to Hezbollah and the latter firmly denied. It killed 12 children in a soccer field in the Druze town of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, annexed by Israel. In a bid to shed light on the often emotional rollercoaster the Lebanese have been going through, L’Orient-Le Jour spoke to clinical psychologist and psychotherapist Wissam Kotait.How do you analyze Lebanese people’s behavior in the face of this...
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