Word: beirutization
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...past two days, Ali Al Tawil has been trudging around the rubble of Haret Hreik, a Shi'a neighborhood in southern Beirut, wearing a Hizballah yellow vest and matching baseball cap that says "Jihad of Construction." Armed with only a clipboard, Al Tawil is one of about 1,500 Hizballah civil engineers who have fanned out across the country to survey the damage from over a month of war with Israel. For now, they are simply recording which buildings have been damaged, slightly damaged or obliterated. More detailed surveys will soon follow to determine what repairs need to be done...
Mere hours after the U.N.-brokered cease-fire went into effect, the coastal road from Beirut through Sidon to Tyre was jam-packed with thousands of cars and tens of thousands of refugees anxious to return to their homes in the south - regardless of their condition...
...Weary southerners who had packed the schools and community centers of Beirut and surrounding villages were on the move again, after 34 days of warfare, returning to villages in the south. Many wore expressions of determination, joy or simply weariness, but none wore the scared expression that had been all too common since July 12. They were happy, both to be returning home and at what they perceived as Hizballah's victory over the Israeli military. One man, Hussein Suleiman of Jawayya, a village in the south, joyfully yelled "Hizballah!" when asked who won the war. He then held...
...many, that wasn't enough to deter them. "I miss my home," said Fatime Jrein, 50, of Homeil, outside of Sidon, who said she had spent 22 days staying with friends in Beirut. "You can't be comfortable when you're staying in another person's place...
...Earlier in the day, just before the cease-fire went into effect, Israel dropped leaflets over central and West Beirut. "Hizballah gave you many victories," they read. "Destruction, devastation, displacement and death. Are you able to pay this price again?" It was signed "The State of Israel...