“Everyone was telling me, it’s ok and to have faith, this is our destiny and we have to accept it,” she said, adding: “We did not get the chance to experience that joy.”
Mohammed Choucair, head of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce, said that stockpiling of food is threatening supplies, while industrial activity in the country has been cut by more than a third because of a fall in domestic and international orders.
Hezbollah, a Shiite militia that emerged from the Lebanese Civil War of 1975-90 and continues to control a formidable arsenal of weapons and share of the national economy, is under tremendous pressure to declare war if Israel mounts a ground invasion of Gaza.
The cranes that dot Tel Aviv’s ever-growing skyline stood still for days after the city closed construction sites. They reopened this week under stricter safety guidelines but inactivity in this sector alone costs the economy an estimated 150 million shekels ($37 million) a day, an industry report said.
Footage acquired by Arab News shows Palestinian rescue teams retrieving the pajama-clad bodies of two young girls, identified as Yomna and Aya, from the rubble of their family home in the aftermath of the attack.
The footage also shows bedding and a school backpack belonging to one of the victims.