For the news, Alaa Ghalayini said, “I’m still in denial.” “I have trouble falling asleep. The bombs are still audible in my mind.”
The 28-year-old is expecting her first kid in about two months. She carried two heavy suitcases when she landed at London’s Heathrow Airport on a Middle East Airlines flight on Sunday morning, looking weary.
She claims that she left behind both her husband and the life she cherished.
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“It’s the worst moment the country has experienced,” real-time reporting from Israel and Lebanon
Since October 7, there has been fighting across the Lebanese border between Israel and Hezbollah.
Israel has launched attacks in recent weeks on what it claims to be Hezbollah strongholds across Lebanon, including Beirut, the country’s capital.
Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, was murdered on Saturday by an Israeli strike in southern Beirut. According to Israel, the attack also claimed the lives of twenty more prominent members of the party.
After being married in August of last year, Ms. Ghalayini relocated from north London to Beirut.
She stated she didn’t know if she would be able to go back to Lebanon before her baby is born, or when she would see her husband again.
Ms. Ghalayini claimed that Middle East Airlines was the sole commercial airline operating out of Beirut and that she was only able to secure a seat because her husband is a pilot for the airline.
