‘As if we don’t exist’: Under bombs in Lebanon, Americans feel abandoned

Rubble remains at the site of an Israeli air strike on the Bir el-Abed neighbourhood in Beirut's southern suburbs on October 1 [Anwar Amro/AFP]

Washington, DC – Karam, an American citizen stranded in Lebanon, says she feels as if she does not matter to the United States government.

Lebanon has been facing relentless Israeli bombardment — part of a US-backed campaign that has killed hundreds and displaced more than a million people, according to the United Nations.