Jane Araf
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first heard Nov 2024
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It has expanded its invasion in the south, and yesterday it launched another attack in a Beirut suburb where Hezbollah has offices, the first attack in Beirut in almost three weeks.
The Israeli prime minister has said he will crush Hezbollah, the militant group, but civilians are paying a very high price here.
And that's while Israel, despite a ceasefire there, has also expanded areas of Gaza that it has occupied.
And it intends to take more, according to Israel's prime minister, which is pushing civilians into smaller and smaller areas.
Well, not a whole lot.
Hezbollah was formed to counter an Israeli invasion in the 80s and has since become a part of the Lebanese state, essentially, not just security.
It has parliament members, runs social services.
So it still wields quite a lot of power.
We sat down recently with Hezbollah's spokesman here, and he said they will not disarm while Lebanon is under attack.
while their entire border villages erased in the south and fighting now centers around the district of Tyre.
That city has been inhabited for 5,000 years.
It has important Roman sites, a nearby crusader castle.
Lebanese culture minister Ghassan Salameh tells NPR the Israeli strikes have put those at risk.
He says he hopes there will be a ceasefire soon to allow them to assess the damage.
And meanwhile, of course, there's the human cost, tens of thousands of people being displaced again from there.
Thank you.
Residents fleeing the southern city of Tyre flooded highways north after Israel warned Wednesday night it would attack the city.
Most shelters in Lebanon are at capacity.
Many of the people fleeing said they had no idea where they would go.
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