Lebanon's Shiites Flee Bombing, Face Discrimination

0:00Over 1 million people, mostly Shi'i Muslims, have been displaced by Israel's airstrikes and evacuation orders in the Israel-Hezbala War that kicked off in early March. Families like 35-year-old Hussein Shuman's are fleeing heavy bombing in Beirut's southern suburbs, but hitting walls everywhere else. Shuman, who works at a perfume company, turned down a friend's offer for shelter in a Christian mountain town instead of a tent in central Beirut. Instead, right there with his wife and two young kids. Landlords in so-called safe areas, jack-up rents or flat-out refuse Shi'ites, suspecting Hezbollah ties, leaving folks like 42-year-old Fatima, Zara selling jewelry, just to scrape together $5,000 for a deposit. Tensions are boiling over after Israeli strikes hit apartments in Christian and other non-Shia'it spots, killing displaced families and sparking. Paranoia, the Hezbollah fighters, are hiding amongst civilians. Thousands in places like Bo Shemoon and Harit Soccer have lashed out, attacking tents

1:00and demanding evictions, while some shout-down co-existence amid old. Civil war scars from the 1980s. The army stepping up big time, deploying troops and SWAT teams in Beirut to keep the peace, even separating Shi'ite and Sunni displaced into, different schools in one town. Officials from Drew's leaders to U.S. envoys are urging calm, warning against strife while Christian villages push out Shi'ite guests fearing more. Strikes. Lebanon's already reeling from economic collapse and past wars, so these divides could ignite something worse. But voices like politician Taymour, jump-blad are calling for solidarity. Our Shi'ite brothers need help to hold the country together. That wraps Canada News today, brought to you with AI.