SaltWire's Atlantic regional weather forecast for November 1, 2023 | SaltWireRMEICH, Lebanon - At Lebanon's border with Israel, residents of a Christian village are hoping war can be avoided even as they prepare for the possibility of worsening hostilities between the Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah and Israel.
The village, along with the rest of Lebanon, is feeling the turbulence unleashed by the conflict raging some 200 km away between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, an ally of the heavily armed Hezbollah. "If we don't hear the drone, we think something odd is going on. We're used to it everyday, 24/7," Elias said.
"We won't use it unless there is a war and roads get closed, and inshalla this won't happen," said Georges Madi, a doctor from the village.The tensions are weighing on the local economy, compounding hardship for people still suffering the effects of Lebanon's devastating financial collapse four years ago.
While farmers had been able to gather this year's crop, they worry whether they will be able plant next year's. Business in Rmeich has generally come to a halt, several local said.While avoiding any criticism of Hezbollah, Rmeich mayor Milad Al Alam said the Lebanese army should be the sole military force in Lebanon - a view voiced by Hezbollah's opponents who say its arsenal has undermined the state.
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