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World 23 Jun 2026

Lebanese struggle to get by in an ancient city under Israeli evacuation order

In one of the oldest cities in Lebanon, once besieged by Alexander the Great, ordinary people struggle to survive Israeli attacks.

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In one of the oldest cities in Lebanon, once besieged by Alexander the Great, ordinary people struggle to survive Israeli attacks. TYRE, Lebanon. Twelve miles north of Lebanon's border with Israel, the ancient coastal city of Tyre has become an unlikely battleground in Israel's war with the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah. But in late May, before the current ceasefire began, Israel started targeting the entire city, apart from a small. Largely Christian enclave on the seaside, saying it was hitting Hezbollah fighters. Thousands of people streamed into that neighborhood. the last relatively safe place in the city. Days later, Israel warned local people of the historic Christian neighborhood it could attack there too. The warning, which came without proof that Hezbollah was operating in the Christian quarter. Left local people of the ancient city without any safe haven.

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