‘From one catastrophe to another’: Lebanese Australians look on in horror as relatives flee homes

With friends and relatives in danger amid bombing in parts of Lebanon, many diaspora members are suffering a heavy psychological toll Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast For Dr Saad Ramadan, the holy period of Ramadan should be a time of spiritual reflection. But he is worried about his family in Lebanon, who face “chaos and fear”. In the early hours of Monday morning, his elderly parents and five siblings fled their village in southern Lebanon – under “indiscriminate Israeli attacks ”.