{"id":120748,"date":"2024-11-01T07:30:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T00:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120748"},"modified":"2024-11-01T07:30:01","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T00:30:01","slug":"israel-strikes-lebanons-ancient-baalbek-city-tens-of-thousands-flee-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120748","title":{"rendered":"Israel strikes Lebanon&#8217;s ancient Baalbek city, tens of thousands flee : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"storytext\">\n<div id=\"resg-s1-31361\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 3838;&#10;        --source-height: 2570;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3838x2570+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd9%2Fae%2Fc01767ca4b5a971471926a5567e3%2Fgettyimages-2181399793.jpg\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/webp\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3838x2570+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd9%2Fae%2Fc01767ca4b5a971471926a5567e3%2Fgettyimages-2181399793.jpg\" data-format=\"webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3838x2570+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd9%2Fae%2Fc01767ca4b5a971471926a5567e3%2Fgettyimages-2181399793.jpg\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3838x2570+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd9%2Fae%2Fc01767ca4b5a971471926a5567e3%2Fgettyimages-2181399793.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3838x2570+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd9%2Fae%2Fc01767ca4b5a971471926a5567e3%2Fgettyimages-2181399793.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an area on the outskirts of the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek, in the Bekaa Valley, on Thursday.\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3838x2570+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd9%2Fae%2Fc01767ca4b5a971471926a5567e3%2Fgettyimages-2181399793.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an area on the outskirts of the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek, in the Bekaa Valley, on Thursday.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Nidal Solh\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Nidal Solh\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>BEIRUT \u2014 As Israel intensified attacks in the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek this week, residents with nowhere else to go fled to the ancient Roman temples, hoping the archaeological site\u2019s internationally protected status might save them.<\/p>\n<p>The governor of Baalbek-Hermel province, Bachir Khodr, told them even that was no longer safe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome citizens went to the Baalbek citadel,\u201d he told NPR, referring to the part of the ancient site where the 2,000-year-old temple of Jupiter and temple of Bacchus are located. \u201cBut their lives are also at risk there, so to protect them, their safety and their lives, I urged them to leave the entire city of Baalbek.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"resg-s1-31362\" class=\"bucketwrap image 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was preparing to bomb the area in its fight against the militant group Hezbollah. Tens of thousands of residents fled the city after the warning.<\/p>\n<p>The Lebanese Health Ministry said Israeli airstrikes in Baalbek killed 19 people Wednesday, including eight women. It said at least 60 people, including children, were killed earlier in the week in Israeli attacks in the surrounding Bekaa Valley.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-backstage-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap backstage\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Bekaa, nestled between mountain ranges east of Beirut, is home to Shia and Sunni Muslims as well as Christians and Druze. 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data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/6000x4000+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1f%2Ffc%2F71e89fbc48fda6ea938f846cb691%2Fgettyimages-2181402666.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"People inspect the damage at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Al-Kayal, Lebanon, Thursday.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                People inspect the damage at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Al-Kayal, Lebanon, Thursday.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Sam Skaineh\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Sam Skaineh\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Israel last month escalated its attacks in Lebanon, sending invading ground forces across the border in south Lebanon, broadening airstrikes to northern Lebanon and central Beirut and assassinating Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in September.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5173707-101\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImagenx-s1-5165376\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/10\/28\/nx-s1-5165376\/israel-lebanon-hospital-burn-unit\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset 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src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/6000x6000+1000+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fde%2Fc9%2F92563bcc41a3bb8e1986e79fff88%2Falik1541.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/6000x6000+1000+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fde%2Fc9%2F92563bcc41a3bb8e1986e79fff88%2Falik1541.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"Ivana Likbiri, an 18-month-old Lebanese baby who got injured during an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon, is hospitalized at Geitaoui Hospital's burn unit, in Beirut, on Oct. 18.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5173707-101\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>Israel said Wednesday it targeted Hezbollah command and control centers and fuel depots in the Bekaa Valley. Live coverage from Lebanese television networks captured explosions and huge plumes of black smoke after Lebanon\u2019s state <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nna-leb.gov.lb\/ar\/justice-law\/734830\/%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A3%D8%AD%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A8%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%83-%D9%88%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%A1\">news agency said<\/a> airstrikes hit diesel tanks in the town of Douris.<\/p>\n<p>The region is one of the poorest in Lebanon. Despite the danger, many residents have stayed because they have no place to go. In late September on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/09\/27\/nx-s1-5130756\/israeli-airstrikes-leave-blast-sites-and-wounded-in-lebanons-bekaa-valley\">Hezbollah press tour<\/a> of the Bekaa, hospitals were filled with civilian casualties of Israeli airstrikes. 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data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/6000x4000+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F54%2F24%2Fc1f64b3c4a7f9de5bd9dc0c087eb%2Fgettyimages-2181226117.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"Residents try to evacuate Lebanon's eastern city of Baalbek on Wednesday after a statement from the Israeli army warning residents of incoming strikes.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                Residents try to evacuate Lebanon&#8217;s eastern city of Baalbek on Wednesday after a statement from the Israeli army warning residents of incoming strikes.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Nidal Solh\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Nidal Solh\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Khodr, the Baalbek provincial governor, said the government had inspected the ancient site, indicating the purpose was to ensure there were no fighters and no weapons stored there with extra guards posted to avoid infiltration and prevent looting.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-secondary-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap secondary\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>He said Israeli airstrikes earlier this week destroyed part of a Roman stone wall at the archaeological site.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5173707-102\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" 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data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3499x3499+875+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe2%2F64%2F0b94e419487a9dd5e9229edc81e3%2Fgettyimages-1719493844.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"Peacekeepers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) man an observation point along what's called the Blue Line on the border between Lebanon and Israel, near the southern Lebanese town of Marwahin, on Oct. 12, 2023.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5173707-102\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>Another local official, the head of municipalities in Deir al-Ahmar, northwest of Baalbek, told NPR on Thursday that many people had panicked in a rush to get to safety. He said families were fleeing in several directions, including toward Arsal, near the Syrian border.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a very large displacement movement. Even the shelters are being evacuated,\u201d the local official Jean Fakhry told NPR by phone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYesterday the situation got a lot worse,\u201d Fakhry said. He said more than 20,000 newly displaced people fled to Deir al-Ahmar, about 13 miles from Baalbek, on Wednesday. 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496px), (min-width: 768px) calc(100vw - 171px), calc(100vw - 30px)\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3563x2375+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/50\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fde%2Fe5%2F85534e6e411e9b4d315c4163e363%2Fgettyimages-2181238713.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/3563x2375+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fde%2Fe5%2F85534e6e411e9b4d315c4163e363%2Fgettyimages-2181238713.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted Lebanon's eastern city of Baalbek, in the Bekaa Valley, on Wednesday.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted Lebanon&#8217;s eastern city of Baalbek, in the Bekaa Valley, on Wednesday.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Nidal Solh\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Nidal Solh\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Baalbek has been inhabited for roughly 11,000 years. The Roman-ruled Phonecian city dates back to more than 2,000 years and is inscribed on <a href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/294\/\">UNESCO\u2019s list<\/a> of World Heritage Sites.<\/p>\n<p>Before the war, it was one of Lebanon\u2019s most visited tourist sites \u2014 the soaring Roman temples and a major Shia shrine evidence of the sweep of civilizations over millennia. The name Baalbek itself derives from the storm god Baal, worshiped 3,000 years ago, before Christianity swept the Roman Empire and later Islam took root.<\/p>\n<p>Many Shias believe a daughter of Imam Hussein \u2014 Sayidah Khawla \u2014 is buried in the gold-domed shrine after dying there following her capture at the seventh century battle of Karbala. Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, was killed in Karbala \u2014 a defining event in Shia history.<\/p>\n<p>Wassim el Naghi, an adviser to Lebanon\u2019s culture minister, said the most recent airstrikes had hit about half a mile from the excavated archaeological site but the ministry would have to determine the effect of shocks on the structures.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-third-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap third\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIt is like an earthquake,\u201d he told NPR. \u201cWe cannot assess yet but such heavy bombardment usually has an impact on the above-ground and underground archaeological remains.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/10\/31\/nx-s1-5173707\/israel-lebanon-baalbek-airstrikes\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an area on the outskirts of the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek, in the Bekaa Valley, on Thursday. 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