Israel rejected calls on Thursday for a ceasefire, with Lebanon conducting strikes near the edge of the capital, Beirut. Hundreds of thousands of Lebanese living in the south have fled their homes. Their families here are becoming increasingly concerned as the violence there escalates. CBC’s Michelle Ghoussoub brings us their stories.
Lebanese Canadians say they’re fearful for their families as Israeli bombing, which has already killed hundreds, continues in Lebanon.
Ghinwa Yassine in Vancouver said her cousin, aunt and uncle woke up earlier this week to the sound of a nearby airstrike shattering the glass windows of their Lebanon home.
“[My uncle] left his phone, he left everything. He was in his slippers and he got in the car,” Yassine said.
Yassine said two members of her extended family have been killed in airstrikes.
“Now I’m obsessing. I literally wake up and I check the news, which is not something …