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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Mia Alberti

‘Saved by a miracle’: Israel rocket attack on Lebanon spurs fears

Abdelkhaliq Abdelsattar, whose home was hit during Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon last week, says he is unsure if he will be able to repair his home [Mia Alberti/Al Jazeera]

Qlaileh, Lebanon – Abdelkhaliq Abdelsattar and his family, Syrians from Idlib, were awakened suddenly on Friday by the sound of a bomb dropped by an Israeli warplane in the southern Lebanese district of Tyre.

After a second explosion sounded closer to their home, Abdelsattar – who knew the sounds of war well – ran out of the house with his wife and seven children seconds before a third projectile exploded, sending what he described as a rock the size of a cow through the roof of their bedroom.

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