‘We felt death’: Survivors recount Israel’s massacre in Beirut
Submitted by Rita Kabalan on Fri, 04/10/2026 - 09:32 From a teenage street vendor to families searching the rubble, Beirut residents recount how Israeli strikes shattered their lives A civil defence worker taking a break looks at wrecked cars following the Israeli strikes on Beirut on 8 April 2026 (MEE/Rita Kabalan) Off The first thing Abdelwahab noticed was the silence after the blast. Then came the smoke, the screams - and the realisation that the bodies he was pulling from the rubble belonged
Submitted by Rita Kabalan on Fri, 04/10/2026 - 09:32 From a teenage street vendor to families searching the rubble, Beirut residents recount how Israeli strikes shattered their lives A civil defence worker taking a break looks at wrecked cars following the Israeli strikes on Beirut on 8 April 2026 (MEE/Rita Kabalan) Off The first thing Abdelwahab noticed was the silence after the blast. Then came the smoke, the screams - and the realisation that the bodies he was pulling from the rubble belonged
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