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President Lula welcomes Brazilians repatriated from Lebanon
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President Lula welcomes Brazilians repatriated from Lebanon

A Brazilian Air Force KC-30 aircraft landed at São Paulo Air Base in Guarulhos at 10:25 a.m. this Sunday (Oct. 6), carrying 229 Brazilian citizens and three pets.President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva welcomed the group upon their arrival. Shortly after disembarking, he addressed the returnees with a brief speech, condemning Israel's actions, stating that they were "killing innocent people, including women and children, with no regard for human life."“Brazil is a generous country and has no disputes with any country in the world because we don't want war. War only destroys. What builds is peace,” said the president.The same aircraft took off from São Paulo Air Base at 2:12 p.m. (Brasília time) on Sunday (6), bound for Beirut, Lebanon, carrying donations of medical supplies from the Braz...
“People are exploding,” says Brazilian waiting for rescue in Lebanon
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“People are exploding,” says Brazilian waiting for rescue in Lebanon

Lindaura Lianes Hijazi, a 51-year-old Brazilian housewife, is currently living in a crowded shelter in Beirut with her husband and two young children. They fled their home in the city’s southern neighborhood, which was devastated by Israeli airstrikes. Hijazi's family is now awaiting a flight organized by the Brazilian government to help them leave Lebanon.“Those missiles destroyed more than seven buildings near my home. The area where I used to live is devastated. A bomb like that can blow up an entire building. The last time I was home, they dropped over ten bombs without any warning. Everything shook like an earthquake, and I thought I was going to die right there,” said the Brazilian woman from Assis Chateaubriand, in the state of Paraná, in an interview with Agência Brasil.Hijazi ...