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Podcast: Mission Network News - Middle East
Episode: Conflict overshadows Christmas in Lebanon
Description: Lebanon (MNN) — In 4 B.C., most Jews in Israel were waiting for a Messiah to deliver them from Roman oppression. Today, in neighboring Lebanon, “We are in the waiting season,” Nuna with Triumphant Mercy Lebanon says.
“We’re living under this continuous tension and stress about what’s going to come. Is it (fighting) going to start in Beirut, or is it just staying in the South of Lebanon?”
Some analysts say Israel could soon turn its military attention away from Hamas in Gaza and toward Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.
“Many people around us are living in...