JULIAN MANYON, ITV News Correspondent: Another explosion
rocked Tyre,
and we raced to the scene. A missile possibly from an Israeli helicopter had
hit an apartment building, causing light damage.
The reaction was anger, and this time the anger was turned
against journalists. A photographer was repeatedly punched and kicked. Fear and
tension from the Israeli attacks was making passions boil over, and we beat a
hasty retreat.
Nearby residents of the area bombed by the Israeli air force
yesterday were still in shock. An elderly man is believed to be lying beneath
the rubble, but no heavy equipment has been brought in because of the fear of
another Israeli strike. Three woman and two children are still in hospital.
The bombing caused relatively few casualties, all of them
civilians, but it's been another big psychological blow for the people of Tyre. And many who were
trying to hang on here have now decided to flee.
A fresh wave of frightened people is leaving Tyre for the north. Some
form convoys in the hope that will provide protection from Israeli war planes.
LEBANESE CITIZEN: After what happened yesterday, everyone I
think -- you have seen. Most of the people here in Tyre want to leave, because maybe, maybe the
Israelis will kill us.
JULIAN MANYON: Their last sight of Tyre is the damage left by an Israeli bomb. The
main road north is still closed, so these people are forced onto dirt tracks
for a nerve-wracking journey that will take several hours, through areas that
are still being attacked.
But some are still trying to stay in Tyre. They include 200 refugees from further
south camped in an empty school. These people want to stay as close as possible
to their home villages and say they will not move on.
But like tens of thousands of other Lebanese, they have lost
control of their lives, and no one can tell them when they will see their homes
again.
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