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Bread and Bombs:
During the war with Israel in 2006, almost all the bakeries in Tyre were shut. This bakery in Rashidiyeh and another nearby were left the task of feeding the city's entire population. Bread is a staple food in Lebanon. Volunteers worked in two shifts, 18 hours a day. The flour had to be trucked in from a distance during lulls in the fighting under dangerous conditions. With fuel and flour provided in part by the ICRC, the Rashidiyeh bakery was able to produce up to four tons of bread a day, enough for 100,000 people. |