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As war nears two months, displaced Lebanese family sinks into despair

The Japan Times·Zohra Bensemra·about 1 month ago
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Rabih Khreiss sits with his sister Rajaa Khreiss at their shelter in a makeshift encampment, amid a temporary ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, in Beirut, on Monday.

Rabih Khreiss sits with his sister Rajaa Khreiss at their shelter in a makeshift encampment, amid a temporary ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, in Beirut, on Monday. | REUTERS

BEIRUT – It has been nearly two months, but Rabih Khreiss still has trouble recognizing his new life.

The father-of-nine could once put food on the table through his car workshop in southern Lebanon, but is now barely surviving in a tent in the capital Beirut.

Like so many others, the Khreiss family fled their southern hometown of Khiyam in ​the early hours of March 2, moments after learning that the Hezbollah armed group had fired into Israel in what ‌would become ‌the opening salvos of a new war.

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