Israel's overnight Beirut strikes leave Lebanese sleepless
Israeli strikes on Beirut are leaving residents of Lebanon's capital unable to sleep and fearing what's next in the conflict with Hezbollah and Iran.
ZOUK MOSBEH, Lebanon — When night falls, it's no longer sleep but the humming threat of an Israeli strike that descends on the Lebanese capital.
Israel's overnight attacks, which reached the heart of Beirut in the early hours of Thursday, mean that few in the city and beyond are getting any rest. Residents told NBC News they've hardly slept in recent days, fearful of where Israel will strike next and what the future holds for their long-beleaguered country now at the center of a spiraling regional conflict.
Hala Kobaissi, a makeup artist living in Beirut's Salim Salam neighborhood — just a stone's throw from Bachoura, where at least nine people were killed in an Israeli strike on the city's heart overnight — said she spent the hours from dusk to dawn "in total shock" as the sounds of "shattered glass, people's screams and cries" rang out.
"I don't know what to say and from where to start," said Kobaissi, 55, speaking at a frenetic pace in a phone interview early Thursday. "Nowhere is secure now."
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