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Beirutissa suree ja jännittää – mitä tapahtuu nyt Nasrallahin kuoleman jälkeen? Lue lisää!

Beirut on ollut myllerryksessä sen jälkeen, kun Israel ilmoitti, että he ovat tappaneet Hezbollahin johtajan Hassan Nasrallahin. Tämän uutisen myötä katujuhlat, itkut ja epäusko ovat valloittaneet Libanonin pääkaupungin. Monet libanonilaiset torjuivat aluksi uutisen, mutta pian kaupungissa kuultiinkin laukauksia ilmaan ja kauppojen sulkeutuvan. Nasrallahin kuolema on aiheuttanut valtavaa järkytystä, ja se tulee varmasti vaikuttamaan kulissien takaisiin voimasuhteisiin.

Israelin ilmaiskut Beirutissa ovat olleet raskaampiakin kuin ikinä, ja ne ovat pakottaneet satoja perheitä pakenemaan kodeistaan. Jotkut ovat löytäneet turvapaikan merirannalta, kun taas toiset ovat nukkuneet kaduilla ja pelänneet lisää iskuja. Kun perheiden kohtalot roikkuvat langalla, liberaalimmat valtiot maailmassa alkavat pohtia, voitaisiinko olla jo rauhan merkeissä.

Hezbollah on ilmoittanut, että se jatkaa taistelua ja pyrkii pitämään johtajuutensa jatkuvuuden hengissä. Tilanne on kireä, ja synkimmät päivät ovat vielä edessä, mutta järjestön johtaja on väistynyt keskeisestä roolistaan. Ihmisten pelko on suuri, mutta toisaalta Lebanonin kansa on historiallisen kestävää ja yhteistyökykyistä.

Huolimatta kaikista haasteista, pelko ja epätoivo vaihtuvat toisinaan myös toivoksi ja päättäväisyydeksi, kun ajatellaan paremman tulevaisuuden mahdollisuuksia. Joka tapauksessa, Nasrallahin kuolema tuo mukanaan vakavia kysymyksiä niin Hezbollahille kuin koko alueellekin.

Tiesitkö muuten, että Beirut tunnetaan myös nimellä "hiljainen meri"? Tämän charmikkaan kaupungin ulkopuolella on ollut rauhatonta, mutta sen kulttuuri ja lämpö ovat säilyneet. Samoin Hezbollahin perinteet ja sitoutuminen taisteluun ovat olleet lujuuden esimerkki, vaikka tilanne onkin nyt muuttumassa.

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Beirut Reacts to Nasrallah's Death in Israeli Airstrike (Foreign Policy)

BEIRUT—When Israel announced that it had killed Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah at 11 a.m. local time on Saturday, the news was dismissed by many Lebanese ...

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Shots in the air, wails and disbelief in Beirut after Hezbollah head ... (Reuters)

Armed men fired shots in the air and shut down shops in parts of Beirut and Hezbollah supporters said they were in a state of shock and disbelief on ...

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Jeremy Bowen: Huge Israel strike in Beirut strike leaves West ... (BBC News)

It is time to stop talking about the Middle East being on the brink of a much more serious war. After the devastating Israeli attack on Lebanon – which ...

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Families flee to Beirut's seafront to escape devastating Israeli attacks (Aljazeera.com)

Waves of Israeli attacks on southern areas in Lebanon's capital kill several people and force many residents to flee.

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Israel says Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah killed by strike in ... (CBS News)

Hassan Nasrallah, the long-time leader of Iran-backed Hezbollah, was killed in an airstrike in Lebanon's capital Beirut, Israel's military says.

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Hassan Nasrallah killed: What does this mean for Hezbollah? (Aljazeera.com)

Hezbollah leader was killed by an Israeli strike on Beirut – what does this mean for the Lebanese group?

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Israeli strike hit 500 metres from Beirut airport buildings, security ... (Reuters)

An Israeli strike hit an industrial area 500 metres from Beirut airport buildings, a security source told Reuters, saying it was the closest strike yet to ...

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Displaced families sleep on beaches, streets after Israel strikes Beirut (The Associated Press)

Hundreds of families displaced from Beirut's southern suburbs after the area was pummeled overnight by the heaviest Israeli airstrikes in nearly a year of ...

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Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah killed in Beirut airstrikes: IDF (ABC News)

The Israeli Defense Forces have announced that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has been killed after airstrikes in Beirut, officials said.

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'There were no injuries, just fatalities': destruction, death and fear ... (Financial Times)

Lebanese families flee their homes in the middle of the night to escape Israel's bombardment.

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Israel claims Hezbollah leader killed in Beirut strike (CNN)

Israel conducted strikes in Lebanon's capital of Beirut Friday to target Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Six people were killed as rescuers continue to ...

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'World of horrors': families huddle on Beirut's streets amid the bombs (The Guardian)

Residents of Lebanon's capital flee their homes and seek shelter as the death toll from Israel's airstrikes rises.

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Nasrallah's death stuns Lebanon, as Israel pummels Beirut (The Washington Post)

Hezbollah tried to project continuity of leadership and mission Saturday, saying it would continue “confronting the enemy.”

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Lebanon: 'The worst moment the country passed through' (BBC News)

Madina Mustafa Ali (right) says she and her seven-month-old baby Amir will be staying on Beirut's Martyrs' Square as they have nowhere else to go.

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Huge blast hits Beirut, CNN team reports what they saw | CNN (CNN)

Another huge explosion has hit the Lebanese capital of Beirut, CNN's Jomana Karadsheh reports. Smoke can be seen rising from the city's southern suburbs, ...

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Israel strikes Beirut suburb, Nasrallah's fate unclear after Friday's ... (CNBC)

Israel launched airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburbs and other areas of Lebanon on Saturday, a day after carrying out a massive attack on Hezbollah's ...

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Who is Hassan Nasrallah, the Hezbollah leader killed in Beirut strike (NBC News)

Israel announced on Saturday that its forces have killed Hassan Nasrallah, the powerful leader of the Lebanese militant and political group, Hezbollah, ...

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Residents of Beirut suburbs traumatised by Israeli strikes (Reuters)

When Israel began pounding the southern Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh in airstrikes that killed Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, the blasts were so ...

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