Lebanon's Palestinian refugees fear for their families in Gaza

By Agence France-Presse

Nov 20, 2023 12:01 am

Beirut, Lebanon: In a ramshackle Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, Hayat Shehadeh wrings her hands as she watches the Israel-Hamas war. Her daughter is in Gaza, and she has not spoken to her for a week.

'I can't sleep. I get up at 3:00 a.m.... I go to watch the television,' said the 69-year-old from her dark flat in south Beirut's Burj al-Barajneh Palestinian camp.

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