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<div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SgvuFxbCKBU?autoplay=1&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><p>In dim ambient and theatrical lighting, refugees from southern Lebanon are sheltering in one of Beirut&#x27;s oldest theaters, which has opened its doors to those in need.</p><p>Among them is Joumana Hanafi, 55, who’s a mother of a son and daughter arrived from a village in south Lebanon 9 days ago after their home was struck by missile where people died.</p><p>&quot;I wish for my family to have safety and love, and my heart and soul go out to my children, my family, my partner, my children, my husband, and all of us,&quot; she said. Unable to hold back her tears, she continued, &quot;i&#x27;s been a month being deprived of my siblings, my family, and the martyrs we lost. When the martyrs passed, I was devastated. I never wanted to see them die, and it affected me deeply.&quot;</p><p>With 16 people and 3 families living inside, the local charities has been delivering food and supplies for them.</p><p>Syrian Abdelrahman Mansour, 28 years old is originally from Syria, he and his family came to Lebanon because of the war in Syria. Now they had to flee again from Tyre in southern Lebanon due to the escalated war between Hezbollah and Israel.</p><p>&quot;When I left Syria, I was young, having grown up in the Syrian war. I was young, but we settled here. When the war started here, it brought back memories of Syria. I feel that the Syrian war was easier than the one we’re in now against the enemy [Israel],&quot; he said from inside the theatre.</p><p>The family of a mother and 5 sons arrived in the theatre 11 days ago.</p><p>At a unfinished hall at the basement of the theatre, Rajaa Bacharach, a 66 years old storyteller is having a story telling session with displaced children, she is doing weekly sessions in different shelters with children to help them with stress relief.</p><p>“The first goal is to bring children some joy and happiness. Children, especially displaced ones, often lose that sense of joy because they’ve left their homes and belongings behind. This provides them hours of happiness and joy.”</p><p>The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah erupted one year ago when the Lebanese armed group began launching rockets at northern Israel in support of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, at the start of the Gaza war.</p><p>It has intensified in recent weeks, with Israel bombing southern Lebanon, Beirut&#x27;s southern suburbs and the Bekaa Valley, killing many of Hezbollah&#x27;s top leaders, and sending ground troops across the border. Hezbollah for its part has fired rockets deeper into Israel.<strong> - report from Reuters</strong></p><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>In dim ambient and theatrical lighting, refugees from southern Lebanon are sheltering in one of Beirut's oldest theaters, which has opened its doors to those in need.</p>

In dim ambient and theatrical lighting, refugees from southern Lebanon are sheltering in one of Beirut's oldest theaters, which has opened its doors to those in need.

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Beirut theatre turns into sanctuary for Lebanon’s displaced

Beirut theatre turns into sanctuary for Lebanon’s displaced

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Published Oct 26, 2024 09:21 PM PHT

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