A month into war, Lebanon’s prime minister says no end in sight

LEBANESE WANT WARS TO STOP

Salam also stressed the need to preserve internal stability as the war strains Lebanon’s sectarian political faultlines.

Some communities have been reluctant to host displaced families. As the war drags on, Lebanon is examining ways to house those families in the long-run.

Mohammad al-Badran, a Syrian who had lived for years in Beirut’s southern suburbs, said he and his family were turned away when they sought refuge in a mountainous area outside the capital.

Badran, his wife and their four children – the youngest of whom was born barely two weeks before the war started – are now sleeping in a makeshift tent area in the capital.

His 10-year-old daughter, Nour, can hear the sound of Israeli strikes on the nearby southern suburbs. “The sound is loud, the children are crying, and I feel like the missiles are flying above us,” she said.

Ali al-Aziz, who also fled the southern suburbs, told Reuters that Israel should withdraw from Lebanon so that the conflict could end and he could go back home.

“We want the war to end once and for all. Not for a war to happen every year or every ten years,” he said.