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International Business Times
International Business Times
Business
Nadine Chalak

Beirut Businesses Struggle To Stay Afloat Under Israeli Raids

Many shops in Beirut's southern suburbs have been damanged or destroyed by Israeli bombardment (Credit: AFP)

Lina al-Khalil has fled her south Beirut home to escape escalating Israeli attacks on Hezbollah, but she still returns daily to the bombarded area to keep the family business running.

"It's more important than my house," said the pharmacist, in her 50s, of the business she inherited from her father in Haret Hreik, a southern suburb of the Lebanese capital where Iran-backed Hezbollah militants hold sway.

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