Palestinian refugees face new displacement as Israel’s bombs hit Lebanon
Al Jazeera
Lebanon’s Palestinian refugees suffer amid war, facing insecurity and trauma, in camps under attack.
Tripoli, Lebanon – In 1948, Manal Matar’s grandparents fled Akka (Acre) in what was then northern Palestine and crossed into Lebanon. They thought they would soon return, but the borders closed, and the family ended up in Rashidieh camp, near Tyre, a coastal city in south Lebanon. They’ve lived there ever since.
But in the early hours of March 2, Israeli forces began heavily attacking near their house, Manal said.
“There was bombing all around us,” she said. Her family packed up and started heading north, with the violent sounds of explosions echoing around them. “The war was terrifying, and we were on the road for more than a day,” she recalled.
Now, they are staying with Manal’s maternal aunt in the Beddawi refugee camp, in Tripoli, north Lebanon.
Manal is one of thousands of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon now living out a generational trauma caused by Israeli displacement.
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