{"id":81484,"date":"2025-02-11T07:42:31","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T07:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/activist\/baalbek-before-the-fragile-ceasefire\/"},"modified":"2025-02-11T07:42:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T07:42:31","slug":"baalbek-before-the-fragile-ceasefire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=81484","title":{"rendered":"Baalbek Before the Fragile Ceasefire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-102104\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                                &#13;<\/p>\n<section class=\"entry-content \">&#13;<\/p>\n<p>This mini-documentary gives much more extensive coverage of our visit to Baalbek just before the ceasefire. The day before we went, sixty civilians had been killed in Israeli bombings throughout the small city. 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