Beirut residents fear Israel’s devastating strikes

Residents of Hadath, located only a few hundred metres from the southern suburbs of Beirut under constant threat of Israeli airstrikes, are living in a state of anxiety. READ MORE: From their homes, they see the plumes of smoke rising from nearby Dahiyeh in Beirut’s southern suburbs, and hear and feel the impact of strikes as if “there is a bomb inside your house,” Haylana Segheib said on Thursday (October 10). Segheib returns to her home to cook and do laundry - and to check for any damage - before fleeing when the strikes begin once more. “The building just shakes, you just cannot stay in it, because (the strikes) are close,“ added Segheib. Segheib and her neighbours are also grappling with the psychological toll of living so close to the strikes, and describe the sleepless nights with the television news constantly on in anticipation of Israeli miliary evacuation