In Qanarit, southern Lebanon, a resident on the ruins of his house. (Credit: Mohammad Yassin/L’Orient-Le Jour)
“My building in Ansar had just been blown apart by the Israeli bombings when 50 people offered me their homes, their cars and even cash,” says Jihad Assi, a resident of Ansar (Nabatieh district), still visibly shaken. He is convinced there must have been a mistake in regard to the Israeli threat to his house. “I challenge you to find anything in my home besides a kitchen knife.”Despite his anger and confusion — “because the Lebanese Army failed to protect us” — Assi commends the wave of solidarity that followed Wednesday night’s strikes across southern Lebanon. “People are returning the favor, because we’ve always helped the less fortunate, especially during Ramadan,” explains the shopkeeper, who is currently staying, along with his wife, with a relative not far from his home.“Yesterday, there were 17 of us at dinner when the evacuation...
“My building in Ansar had just been blown apart by the Israeli bombings when 50 people offered me their homes, their cars and even cash,” says Jihad Assi, a resident of Ansar (Nabatieh district), still visibly shaken. He is convinced there must have been a mistake in regard to the Israeli threat to his house. “I challenge you to find anything in my home besides a kitchen knife.”Despite his anger and confusion — “because the Lebanese Army failed to protect us” — Assi commends the wave of solidarity that followed Wednesday night’s strikes across southern Lebanon. “People are returning the favor, because we’ve always helped the less fortunate, especially during Ramadan,” explains the shopkeeper, who is currently staying, along with his wife, with a relative not far from his home.“Yesterday, there were 17 of us at...
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