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Mat Nashed

SHOCKING: Anxiety resignation in beirut as residents worry about an israeli attack - What They Never Told You

People walk past a mural bearing a portrait of Lebanon's late iconic singer Sabah in the heart of Beirut's Hamra shopping district on July 29, 2024 [Khaled Desouki/AFP]

Beirut, Lebanon — Jad Barazi’s roommates nowadays keep their windows open. Not for the air — but so they won’t shatter from a sudden blast.

Working on her laptop in a cafe in Hamra, a bustling Beirut neighbourhood, the 27-year-old entrepreneur said she is coping with anxiety in anticipation of a possible large-scale Israeli attack on the city. Since moving to Lebanon more than a year ago, the French-Lebanese national says she has gradually grown accustomed to living in a country locked in a low-scale conflict with Israel.

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