In Lebanon, residents fear Hezbollah could be hiding among people displaced by war
NPRIn Lebanon, residents fear Hezbollah could be hiding among people displaced by war toggle caption Ali Khara for NPR BEIRUT — Every evening, from dusk until dawn, a group of guards fan across the predominantly Christian Beirut neighborhood of Ashrafieh. toggle caption Ali Khara for NPR "There has been an upsurge of tensions and that has been primarily the work of Israel's bombing campaign, which has targeted not just Shia areas, but also mixed areas throughout Lebanon, thereby making many people that belong to other sects wary of Shia displaced in their midst," Saad says. Sponsor Message "Christian, Druze, Muslims — Sunni and Shia — all of you are suffering because of Hezbollah's futile war against Israel," he said. Sponsor Message "There is an awareness and a will among the people that they don't want to go back to this type of conflict," says Gemayel, one of the founding members of the neighborhood watch group and whose family played a part in Lebanon's civil war.