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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Bassem Mroue and Kareem Chehayeb

Lebanon's Shiite Muslims pay high price in war between Israel and Hezbollah

Mideast Lebanon Wars Shiites - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

The Lebanese civilians most devastated by the Israel- Hezbollah war are Shiite Muslims, and many of them believe they are being unfairly punished because they share a religious identity with Hezbollah militants and often live in the same areas.

“This is clear,” said Wael Murtada, a young Shiite man who anxiously watched paramedics search rubble after a recent Israeli airstrike destroyed his uncle’s two-story home and killed 10 people. “Who else is being attacked?”

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