As Israel strikes deeper into Lebanon, fear rises in communities where the displaced took refuge
AITO, Lebanon — Dany Alwan stood shaking as rescue workers pulled remains from piles of rubble where his brother’s building once stood.
Strikes in the traditionally “safe” areas where many displaced families have fled are raising fears among local residents. Many feel they have to choose between helping compatriots and protecting themselves. Some also worry that long-term displacement could create demographic changes and weaken the Christian share in Lebanon’s fragile sectarian power-sharing system. The tiny country has a troubled history of sectarian strife and violence, most notably in a 15-year civil war that ended in 1990.
In late September, traffic jams stretching for miles clogged streets leading to Beirut as people left, some with nothing but the clothes on their backs. “Some people ... would ask us ‘Why are you helping them? They don’t deserve it; this is because of them.’” Zeinab Rihan fled north with family and relatives from the southern Nabatiyeh province when they couldn’t bear the airstrikes approaching closer to their homes.
A resident of one northern town near the coast said the local government didn’t want to welcome displaced people, but many residents pressured the municipality to change course.
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