Tyre’s Ancient Roman Hippodrome, the third largest in the world - it was where the 105 people who died at Qana ten years ago were brought to be mourned - now it sees more death on its doorstep

My postbag has, rightly and understandably, swelled in the wake of recent events in Lebanon and Gaza. Graphic footage from Beirut, Qana, Haifa and Gaza City has left people numbed by outrage and despair, and a sense of powerlessness which not infrequently leads to real anger. Worse still, of course, is the fear and grief expressed by members of London’s Lebanese communities- one of the many communities from the Middle East who are well represented in my constituency, who have family and friends in the war zone, some of whom are safe, some gone and some missing.
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