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...they rely on small bands of commandos to flush Hizballah out of their trenches and underground hideouts. By Tuesday, the third day of the offensive, over 5,000 troops were called in to lay siege to Bint Jbeil, most of whose 30,000 Shi'ite inhabitants had long since fled. Facing that kind of full-scale onslaught, Hizballah's fighters have no choice but to flee by night or fight it out. "There is still fighting going on," an army spokesman told journalists on Tuesday. "I can't say we are in total control of the village...
...according to Abou Alawi and other refugees from the area, it's a ghost town. She fled with her two sisters this morning after the shelling grew particularly intense. She said they walked for four hours "with the clothes on our backs" but her other two sisters eventually fell behind. She is now frantic to find out what happened to them...
...roof and crammed with people, took the northbound coastal route toward the Litani River, a perilous journey given the bomb-cratered condition of the road and the possibility of Israeli air strikes. By the weekend more than 75% of this 100,000-strong town were estimated to have fled...
Jurdi initially fled to the mountains with family, where he was later contacted by Assistant Dean of the College John L. Ellison, who is helping to coordinate the evacuation...
...look after themselves. The signs of a mass exodus of Lebanon's wealthy class are everywhere - and telling. The city's ATMs, which normally disburse both Lebanese pounds and American dollars, are now only spitting out the brightly colored pounds, a sign that those who could have already fled - and took their hard currency with them. I took out 1 million pounds today, about $670, but I worry about how long that will last. Even the Western Union is unable to give out dollars...