Word: litanied
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...Five gallons of gas now cost $50 - if you can find the gas at all. Bombing the gas stations is ostensibly to limit Hizballah's movements, and maybe it's accomplishing that. But it's also making the cost of fleeing the part of the country south of the Litani River too expensive for many of the poor families here...
...This is the Israeli army. We are about to increase our military operations in south Lebanon, and you are advised to leave immediately to north of the Litani." --ANONYMOUS Recorded phone message received by Lebanese community leaders
...With Hizballah showing more signs of tenacity than expected, the Israeli military issued warnings on Thursday for all residents remaining in south Lebanon to leave their homes and move north of the Litani River, which runs about 25 miles north of the border with Israel. But for far too many people, the warnings came too late...
...works with Tyre's municipality, says he received an early morning phone call on his landline and heard a voice say "This is the Israeli Army. We are about to increase our military operations in south Lebanon and you are advised to leave immediately to north of the Litani." "I'm staying," Dbouk says...
...exception. Hundreds of cars, with fluttering white sheets tied to the 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...