Word: beirutization
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...Harvard graduate student is injured and stranded in Lebanon today after Israeli military forces shelled his taxi as he made his way to an evacuation point in Beirut earlier this week...
Esdaile is one of several University affiliates who remains in Beirut, including some who were not known to be in Lebanon when ISOS was first given a list of names by Harvard administrators...
...distant bombardment that made [our] house shake was the hitting of the Beirut to Damascus highway,” Jurdi wrote. “Israel’s targeting of civilian infrastructure and air and sea blockade had trapped...
...order to evacuate the following day, he returned to Beirut and checked into a hotel near the American University of Beirut. After finally boarding an ISOS bus and travelling to the border, Jurdi reported witnessing complete chaos, with Western embassies scrambling to evacuate their nationals from the capital city...
...ongoing Israeli air campaign has hamstrung the government's ability to cope with the flood of refuges trying to escape the Israeli onslaught in the south and in southern Beirut. Volunteers have had to take matters into their own hands. "We are welcoming thousands of refugees," said Salim Abu Ismail, the president of the civic center in Baaqline, the largest town in the Chouf, an oasis of calm amid the escalating violence. But the town is struggling to keep up. "Fruits and vegetables are available from the farms but some supplies have to come from Beirut. This will...