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Heavy Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon’sBekaa valley have prompted serious concerns over the safety of the county’s world famous archaeological site at Baalbek. The vast Roman citadel and temples sit adjacent to the modern-day city of Baalbek in the eastern Bekaa valley, which Israel has bombed ever since it dramatically escalated its strikes on Lebanon in late September. The air strikes have killed over 2,000 people in Lebanon, with Israel claiming that it seeks to remove Hezbollah as a threat. The Lebanese government estimates that some one million people have been internally displaced by I…

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