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Lebanese Shi'ites Criticize Hizbullah's Decision to Join the War
(Ha'aretz) Zvi Bar'el - There is strident criticism of Hizbullah's decision to join the war even among Lebanon's Shi'ite minority. Local Shi'ite groups emerged, demanding that Hizbullah not bring another disaster upon the Lebanese people and Shi'ite Muslims in particular, who suffered the brunt of the damage and casualties in Hizbullah's war of support for Gaza. About 1 million Lebanese citizens have been displaced, forced to sleep in public buildings, construction sites and makeshift shelters, without even minimal living conditions. Food prices have soared, and another harvest for the villages in the south is about to go to waste. Today, Hizbullah cannot count on Iran for the funds that it needs to compensate the affected citizens and pay rent to the displaced.