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Lebanese in Israeli-occupied south fear bleak future once UN peacekeepers withdraw
By Maya Gebeily and Raghed Waked RMEICH, Lebanon, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Kicking up a column of dust, the United Nations peacekeeping vehicles were the only cars on the road as they passed bombed-out
RMEICH, Lebanon, Sept 16 (Reuters) – Kicking up a column of dust, the United Nations peacekeeping vehicles were the only cars on the road as they passed bombed-out buildings on their way to Christian towns deep in southern Lebanon’s Israeli-occupied zone.
More than six months of Israeli bombardment and demolition, triggered by a Hezbollah rocket attack in early March, have left villages abandoned and residents forcibly displaced across swathes of land. Shrubs encroach on minarets and rusting metal gates mark where homes once stood.
Entry from the rest of Lebanon is controlled from newly established Israeli checkpoints. Beyond one, Israeli Merkava tanks were stationed halfway along the desolate road.
