Tim Mak1d ago

Good morning to readers. #Oil prices have surpassed $109 per barrel (+45% compared to pre-war).

Elias is forced to live in a tent city on Beirut's waterfront. His hometown is in the #Israeli buffer zone, and his apartment in #Beirut is in the evacuation zone. He has nowhere to go. https://www.iranwar.news/p/war-turns-beiruts-waterfront-into

War turns Beirut’s waterfront into a tent city

Just a year after the last war, tents line Beirut’s waterfront. Israel’s campaign against Hezbollah has displaced more than one million people across Lebanon.

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The Israeli convoy moved north, following a strategic highway on the way to an equally strategic hilltop, past a series of caved-in roofs.

By the time they passed Elias’s house, he was halfway across the country, sitting beneath a polyurethane cover on Beirut’s waterfront.
#beirut #Israel #Iran #war
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As the Israeli war with #Hezbollah threatens to permanently shift #Lebanon’s borders, roughly one fifth of the #country is now displaced. Many have found their way to #Beirut’s public spaces, left to make impossible long-term decisions as the world shifts rapidly around them
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As a child, Elias remembers knowing not to get too close to the border.

On March 2, 2026, #Hezbollah struck northern #Israel with a missile barrage, and within fifteen minutes, the family of six, plus Elias, was packed into his uncle’s car headed north.

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For three nights, the family slept in a car in central #Beirut, on the corner of the Parisian Hotel.

The family bought a few tents and made their way to a large industrial parking lot on Beirut’s waterfront, where dozens more families, dazed and tired, were doing the same.

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Find out more about Elias's life under the polyurethane covers and the fate of his family in the #Beirut tent city via the link! https://www.iranwar.news/p/war-turns-beiruts-waterfront-into
War turns Beirut’s waterfront into a tent city

Just a year after the last war, tents line Beirut’s waterfront. Israel’s campaign against Hezbollah has displaced more than one million people across Lebanon.

Iran War Dispatches with Tim Mak
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The latest news at this hour:

SEARCH FOR SECOND #F-15 #PILOT #CONTINUES: The second #crew member of the downed F-15E has not yet been found. U.S. special forces continue their search operation on Iranian territory, while Iran is mobilizing its own population. https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cm29zmpdj3vt

Iran war latest: Trump issues expletive-laden threat to Iran demanding Strait of Hormuz be opened

In a post on social media, the US president says in Iran “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one” if the key shipping lane is not reopened.

BBC News
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#IRAN REFUSES TO #NEGOTIATE IN ISLAMABAD: Iran has officially informed mediators that it is not willing to meet with U.S. officials in Islamabad and considers the U.S. demands unacceptable. https://www.timesofisrael.com/regional-effort-to-broker-ceasefire-between-us-and-iran-reportedly-hits-dead-end/
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GLOBAL #FOOD PRICES ROSE BY 2.4% IN MARCH: Global food prices rose by 2.4% to its highest level since last September. The FAO’s chief economist warned: “Farmers will have to choose: plant less or switch to less intensive crops.”https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/03/food-prices-spike-march-middle-east-conflict-drove-energy-prices-up-un-says
Food prices spiked in March as Middle East conflict drove up energy costs, UN says

Biggest rises were in vegetable oil and sugar prices, which increased by 5% and 7% respectively

The Guardian
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Also in today’s news:
#Iran claims essential goods are passing through the #Strait… debris from interception hits #Oracle building in #UAE… #Iraq closes border crossing with Iran after Iraqi citizen killed.
Find out more via the link! https://www.iranwar.news/p/war-turns-beiruts-waterfront-into
War turns Beirut’s waterfront into a tent city

Just a year after the last war, tents line Beirut’s waterfront. Israel’s campaign against Hezbollah has displaced more than one million people across Lebanon.

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