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Gaza and Beirut, Tyre in Lebanon: serious shortages

August 5, 2006 : 12:00 AM
Beta continues fo rescue animals

This little kitten, Louli, was rescued by BETA, and has found a new home!

From the BBC

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Lebanon says more than 900 people have died since then, most of them civilians. Israel has lost 29 civilians and about 40 soldiers….

The attacks follow Friday's bombing of bridges in mainly Christian areas north of Beirut - strikes Israel said were to prevent Syria from rearming Hezbollah.

Aid agencies said Israel's destruction of the bridges was a major setback for the relief operation.

Christiane Berthiaume of the UN's World Food Programme told the BBC the "umbilical cord" for aid from Arida on the Syrian border to Beirut had been cut.

Ms Berthiaume said the situation around Tyre was difficult to assess but it was clear there were serious shortages of food, medicine, fuel and drinking water.

Full article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5247670.stm


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August 10, 2006 at 2:49 PM
posted by: ndetert
Thank goodness for organizations like BETA that are helping the animals in the Middle East. This war is just not hurting innocent people, but innocent animals as well.
Live a long life littel Louli. (you look just like my Tiger when she was a kitten)
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