Beirut nightclub shelters displaced people

PTVPhilippines

Beirut nightclub shelters displaced people  For more news, visit:  ►https://www.ptvnews.ph/  Subscribe to our DailyMotion Channel: ►http://www.dailymotion.com/peoples-television-incorporated  Subscribe to our YouTube channel: ►http://www.youtube.com/ptvphilippines  Like our Facebook pages: ►PTV: http://facebook.com/PTVph  ►Rise and Shine Pilipinas: https://www.facebook.com/riseandshinepilipinas  Follow us on Twitter:  ►http://twitter.com/PTVph  Follow us on Instagram: ►https://www.instagram.com/ptvph  Watch our livestream on:  ►http://ptvnews.ph/livestream/ ►https://www.dailymotion.com/PTVPhilippines  Watch our News Programs, every Mondays to Fridays  Rise and Shine Pilipinas - 6:00 - 8:00 am Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon - 12:00 - 1:00 pm Sentro Balita - 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Ulat Bayan - 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PTV News Tonight -  9:30 pm - 10:30 pm  Saturday & Sunday: ►Ulat Bayan Weekend - 6:15 pm - 7:00 pm

Transcript

00:00Once a chic and swanky nightclub where everyone came to see and be seen, Sky Bar is now home

00:05to at least 400 displaced people seeking haven from Israel's ground operations in South Lebanon

00:12and airstrikes on Hezbollah-controlled suburbs of the Lebanese capital, VOA's Behzad Hamdard reports.

00:22Beirut's luxurious nightclub Sky Bar is normally filled with people looking for a place to mingle.

00:30Now it's filled with people who are calling it a temporary home. Bands used to perform here,

00:36now laundry clutters the stage. Sky Bar opened its doors to over 400 internally displaced people

00:43who left their homes amid Israel's bombing and ground operation in South Lebanon and Beirut.

00:50I am from Ataroun in South Lebanon. I am here because Israel hit our home and forced us to

00:56leave. All houses in Ataroun were destroyed. We left there with my family and fled here.

01:02I was living in Berj Al Barajna. There were airstrikes and destruction around the house.

01:06We escaped and came here. In late September, the International Organization for Migration

01:13estimated that there are at least 346,000 internally displaced people in Lebanon.

01:19Hezbollah and Israel have been trading fire since Hamas attacked Israel in October 2023.

01:25In September 2024, Israel escalated its military attacks in Lebanon with aerial

01:31strikes against Hezbollah targets. Rhonda Al-Haj Hassan from South Lebanon's Tair province

01:37says that the initial conflict was away from them until Israel's recent airstrikes.

01:44Sometimes our village was also attacked, but we stayed in our village. We continued to work

01:48because we had to live. When airstrikes started hitting everywhere without warning, we did not

01:53look at what was happening. We took our belongings and left. In the nightclub's parking lot where

01:58luxurious cars were lined up until a few months ago, small and large tents have been set up,

02:04rugs have been spread out, and children are sleeping or playing. The nightclub owner asked

02:09not to be identified or appear on camera, but says that with help from some humanitarian

02:15organizations, he is providing for the needs of the people living at his bar. That includes hot

02:21meals as often as three times a day. The owner of the bar opened this place to us. Thank you very

02:28much. He is amazing. With the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel continuing, many of the

02:34people living here say that they are afraid to go home and are unsure if they'll even have a home

02:40to return to. For VOA Turkish in Beirut, Lebanon, Bejan Hamdad, VOA News.

Category

Transcript

Recommended