In struggling Lebanon, there is wide support for Gaza but also fear that the war could spread.
BEIRUT — The first signs that Gaza’s war could spill deeper into Lebanon arrived quietly in the capital, Beirut. A week after the Hamas militants staged their deadly blitz inside Israel, a banner cropped up in a central Beirut: “Nothing thwarts oppression except for blood.”The message was from an armed faction allied with Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed militia that also wields significant political power in Lebanon.
After a 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah, the warnings from Israel have been stark: the next war could be even more devastating on Lebanon. Those who stayed have been waging a daily fight to make ends meet. A country previously synonymous with luxury and excess, Lebanon this year topped the list of countries with the highest inflation rate in nominal food prices, according to theLebanese often depend on community-based networks in times of need. But even these options have vanished amid the economic chokehold.Since 2006, Israel has repeatedly vowed that the response would be catastrophic if Hezbollah was to engage in another war.
according to statements by the group. Israel’s military said at least five Israelis have been killed in the north, including three soldiers in a shootout with a Hezbollah gunman who infiltrated across the border.
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