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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lujain Jo

Family returns to Lebanon to find a crater where their 50-year-old home once stood

Lebanon Israel - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

In eastern Lebanon's city of Baalbek, the Jawhari family gathered around a gaping crater where their home once stood, tears streaming as they tried to make sense of the destruction.

“It is heart-breaking. A heartache that there is no way we will ever recover from,” said Lina Jawhari, her voice breaking as she hugged relatives who came to support the family. “Our world turned upside down in a second.”

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