Tripoli, Lebanon, Oct 19, 2024 (AFP) - Fearing Israeli attacks on airport, Lebanese leave by sea

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2024-10-19

Hassan Alik, fleeing escalating violence in the Israel-Hezbollah war, left Lebanon on Saturday aboard a ship to avoid Beirut's airport, which he feared "could be bombed" at any moment. The 31-year-old travelled to the northern port of Tripoli, on Lebanon's Mediterranean coast, which has so far been spared Israeli bombardment in a month of intense fighting across much of the tiny country. And though Lebanon's only international airport has not bee......

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