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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Mia Alberti

‘It’s scary’: Israel war fears batter Lebanon’s struggling economy

Men move supplies as people take part in an aid campaign leaving from Beirut to southern Lebanon, to help displaced people affected by the tension between Hezbollah and Israel, in Beirut, Lebanon, October 27, 2023 [Amr Alfiky/Reuters]

Beirut, Lebanon – Yara Adada, 28, sits at the window of her bakery and coffee shop in Gemmayze, a lively central Beirut neighbourhood known for its bars and restaurants.

Adada is the only one there. “We’re swatting flies,” she says.

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