There were emotional scenes at Brisbane Airport this morning as another repatriation flight from Lebanon touched down amid the conflict in the Middle East.
"The uncertainty of what is happening in Lebanon is upsetting all of us," Rima Boumansour said through tears as she arrived in Brisbane.
A total of 1,624 Australians, permanent residents and family members have left Lebanon since the conflict has escalated. The Gold Coast grandmother waited for their arrival and said she felt anxious after being notified that they had witnessed a bomb explode while on the tarmac."I felt so sick then, but once they landed in Cyprus, we were happy.""Most of the people are either refugees or have lost their homes, there's no homes left for us," he said.
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