Alla Ghalayini, who arrived in London on Sunday, says she can 'still hear the bombs' from Israeli air strikes.
A British woman who fled Lebanon after fighting between Israel and Hezbollah intensified has said she feels "terrible and guilty" for leaving.
In recent weeks, Israel has attacked areas it says are Hezbollah strongholds in different parts of Lebanon, including the capital, Beirut. She said Beirut Airport, where she departed from, was "chaotic" and "rammed with people", adding that the plane did not have an empty seat."Everyone on the plane felt at ease as soon as the airplane left Lebanese airspace. That’s because areas very close by to the airport were being bombed."Ms Ghalayini left her life behind in Lebanon and does not know when she will be able to return"I was seeing buildings bombed, buildings falling, huge fires.
She travelled from her home in London to Heathrow to meet her two teenage daughters who had landed from Beirut that morning.
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