One family’s experience of Israeli attacks on Lebanon
Here & Now‘s Deepa Fernandes is reporting in Dearborn, Michigan, this week. She spoke with Abbas Alawieh on Sunday about his relatives in Lebanon trying to flee to safety as Israel was launching airstrikes against Hezbollah targets in the southern and eastern parts of the country. The escalating violence has people on edge.
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