(5 Aug 2024)
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Beirut, Lebanon – 5 August 2024
1. Passengers and luggage at the departure terminal of Rafik Hariri International Airport
2. Various of passengers with their luggage
3. Suitcase, tilt up to passenger
4. People hugging
5. Various of passengers
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Elie Nawar, passenger:
"I think those who are leaving are those who were called upon by the embassies to leave, those who have foreign citizenship and are taking advantage of the opportunity and the fact that their embassy has called upon them to leave, so that they don’t struggle later and face obstacles."
7. Passengers looking at departure screens
8. Departure screen
9. Passengers sitting and lying on the floor
10. Passengers waiting
11. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Adnan al-Shheikha, Syrian passenger:
"I have been here since 12:00 o’clock at night (local time), I arrived here at the airport at 12:00 o’clock at night. My flight was scheduled for 03:55 a.m. but they delayed it for the first time until 13:15 p.m. From 13:15, they delayed it once again to sometime past 18:00."
12. Passengers with luggage
13. Passengers at the counters
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Jacob Szczesny, Austrian painter visiting Lebanon:
"First I came on the 19th (of July) and I planned to leave on the 4th of August, but my first flight that was deleted (cancelled), it was Polish airlines. Then I bought a ticket with Turkish airlines that was deleted as well. And today I have been waiting since 10 hours for my flight that has been deleted, I mean delayed, I am sorry."
15. Various of cars arriving at the departure terminal
16. Traffic in Beirut’s southern suburb
17. Banner reading (Arabic): "You will not undermine our determination. We are sticking by our resistance"
18. Various of traffic
19. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Alaaeddine Alaaeddine, resident:
"People are thinking of all-out war that could be more destructive than the war in 2006. People have the right to be afraid, to fear for their livelihoods and children. There are some people who are leaving and migrating, there are some who are leaving to other areas. Nobody knows what will happen. The situation is very vague, no one knows what will happen."
20. Traffic and people
21. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammad Sleem, resident:
"Are we afraid of Israel? We are used to having bullets and bombs come our way, there is no fear. In my case, if any of my loved ones were to be killed (due to war) or if Israel comes here, I would be the first to carry a machine gun."
22. Traffic
STORYLINE:
Passengers at Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport were affected by flight disruption on Monday as fears of an all-out regional war grow.
Turkey and Japan became the latest countries to urge their citizens to leave Lebanon following last week’s airstrike in Beirut that killed a top Hezbollah military commander.
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah vowed the group will retaliate for the killing.
Fears of an escalation in the simmering conflict between Hezbollah and Israel have prompted some airlines to cancel flights to Lebanon.
Some international flights were canceled while others were delayed, leaving passengers waiting at the departure terminal.
Syrian passenger Adnan al-Shheikha said he has been at the airport since midnight, adding that his flight was delayed multiple times.
Israel and Hezbollah have exchanged near-daily strikes for the past 10 months during the war in Gaza.
In the southern Beirut neighborhood of Dahiyeh, businesses opened even next to the site of last week’s Israeli strike that killed Shukur.
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