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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Mat Nashed

How a small Lebanese town became a haven from Israel’s war

Shifa with her three children: Raneem, 12, Taleen, 7, and 9-year-old Ali [Philippe Pernot/Al Jazeera]

Bar Elias, Lebanon – When Israel began carpet-bombing Lebanon in late September, Shifa struggled to console her three young children.

Her eldest, 12-year-old Raneem, was so frightened she couldn’t eat or sleep. She sobbed throughout the night as Israeli warplanes and drones thundered and buzzed over their home, Shifa said, huddled in her black abaya.

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