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South Lebanon small businesses defy Israeli bombs to stay open

KFAR KILA (AFP) – In a falafel joint in south Lebanon, Hussein Murtada prepared flat-bread snacks for his few remaining customers as an Israeli surveillance drone buzzed above the border village of Kfar Kila. “We work under the bombs. A few days ago, a shell fell 200 metres from here. Shrapnel hit the shopfront and […]

In a falafel joint in south Lebanon, Hussein Murtada prepared flat-bread snacks for his few remaining customers as an Israeli surveillance drone buzzed above the border village of Kfar Kila.He said his village, just across the border from the Israeli kibbutz community of Misgav Am, is under constant Israeli drone surveillance.

In a falafel joint in south Lebanon, Hussein Murtada prepared flat-bread snacks for his few remaining customers as an Israeli surveillance drone buzzed above the border village of Kfar Kila.

In a falafel joint in south Lebanon, Hussein Murtada prepared flat-bread snacks for his few remaining customers as an Israeli surveillance drone buzzed above the border village of Kfar Kila. "We work under the bombs. A few days ago, a shell fell 200 metres (650 feet) from here. Shrapnel hit the shopfront and the wall," said Murtada, 60, pointing to the damage. "I hid behind the fridge in the restaurant" during the bombardment, he told AFP.