notes from the middle east war｜beirut in war
2024-09-30
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xinhua news agency, beirut, september 29notes from the middle east war｜beirut in war
xinhua news agency reporter li jun
on september 27, reporters were urgently dispatched from baghdad, where they are based, to reinforce xinhua news agency’s beirut branch. on the passenger plane bound for beirut, there were only a few passengers and a large number of empty seats. there was an invisible tension in the air, and everyone looked worried. a heavy atmosphere prevailed throughout the voyage.
"are you worried about the tension in lebanon?" a reporter asked several passengers on the same plane in the waiting room before taking the flight. an iraqi frowned and said: "of course i am worried, who is not worried? everyone is afraid of war." another passenger sighed: "there are not many passengers on the flight, and everyone is afraid of israeli attacks."
on september 27, people gathered at the site of an israeli air strike on the southern outskirts of beirut, the capital of lebanon. published by xinhua news agency (photo by bilal jarvisi)ali awada, a lebanese who has worked in iraq all year round, nodded silently. as the lebanese-israeli conflict intensified, he wished he could return to his family in lebanon immediately. "i'm calling my family every day to make sure they're safe."
awada said his wife and young children were still in the southern suburbs of beirut. now that place is under the most intense bombardment by the israeli army, his heart is getting tighter and tighter these days.
on september 28, the destruction caused by the israeli air strike was filmed on the southern outskirts of beirut, the capital of lebanon. published by xinhua news agency (photo by bilal jarvisi)the iraqi airways passenger plane that the reporter was traveling on landed at rafik hariri international airport. as soon as the plane landed, awada immediately called her family. after confirming that his family was safe, his frown relaxed slightly.
when i stepped out of the plane, i saw that the airport was deserted, with only a few passengers hurriedly walking through the empty hall.
nearly seven hours after the reporter's plane landed, more than a dozen deafening explosions were heard in the sky above beirut. israel carried out another large-scale air strike on the southern suburbs of beirut, and this air strike targeted lebanese hezbollah leader nasrallah.
there were explosions one after another, and flames shot into the sky. the reporter and his colleagues immediately ran to the roof of the eighth floor of the branch office and saw thick black smoke billowing from the southern suburbs of beirut.
shortly after this round of air strikes, iraqi airways, like many other airlines, announced the suspension of flights to and from beirut.
on september 28, in the southern suburbs of beirut, the capital of lebanon, thick smoke billowed from the site of an israeli air strike. published by xinhua news agency (photo by bilal jarvisi)as night fell, many residents in the southern suburbs of beirut fled overnight, men, women, old and young, with their families in tow. some people fled in a hurry without having time to pack their bags.
in the early morning of the 28th, the israeli army launched another air raid on the southern suburbs of beirut, which lasted for nearly five hours. this was the most intensive and violent air raid on the southern suburbs of beirut in the past year during the lebanese-israeli conflict.
on the same day, the israeli military and the lebanese hezbollah issued statements one after another saying that nasrallah was killed in the air strike. this news shocked the world.
israeli media reported that the operation was codenamed "new order." after nasrallah's death, the situation in lebanon and the middle east is unpredictable.
beirut, once known as the "little paris of the middle east", is now devastated. what leaves a deep impression on people are the razed houses, panicked people fleeing and the rising number of casualties.
what night is this? so sad!
on september 28, displaced people fleeing from the southern suburbs of beirut were photographed in the center of beirut, the capital of lebanon. published by xinhua news agency (photo by bilal jarvisi)each cycle of violence brings more casualties and hatred. according to figures released by the lebanese ministry of public health on the 28th, since the outbreak of a new round of palestinian-israeli conflict in early october last year, the conflict between hezbollah and israel has caused 1,640 deaths and 8,408 injuries in lebanon.
