Now we’re looking in the village to rent one apartment,” Ali Eid, 56, told NBC News in a telephone interview Friday after returning to his hometown of Maarakah in southern Lebanon’s Tyre district. Almost 3,500 people have been killed in Lebanon, according to officials in the country. In northern Israel, 60,000 people have been forced from their homes, with 80 soldiers and 50 civilians killed, according to local officials. On his return, he said around 50 homes had been destroyed in the village, but his house was still standing. “Some shattered glass only, but around us, my neighbor’s house is on the ground.”“I am happy, scared, in complete shock at the same time.

---

Persons: ZOUK, “, ” Ali Eid, ”, Eid, Imad Komayha, Komayha, “ We’re, Tyre, Israel, Hassan Nasrallah, Ali Alamine, ” Alamine Organizations: Hezbollah, NBC News, World Bank, United Nations Locations: ZOUK MOSBEH, Lebanon, Israel, Maarakah, Lebanon’s Tyre, “, United States, Kfarsir, Lebanon’s, Beirut, Tyre, Gaza, Niha, Dahiya, Alamine