Holding a few precious possessions and flinching from the sound of constant shelling, parents, children and the elderly watched intently as the footbridge from the vast British naval ship was lowered onto the quayside. With a quiet orderliness that comes with desperation, the 500-strong crowd quickly filed on board, clutching their British passports.
This was Beirut at the end of July 2006, after more than a week of heavy bombardment from Israel.
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