Scots NHS doctor and baby daughter stuck in Lebanon warzone amid Israeli attacks

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An NHS doctor and her six month old daughter stranded in Lebanon are begging the UK government for help to evacuate.Manwella Ftouni, husband Abbas and their daughter Jana were visiting extended family when they were caught up in Israel’s all out bombardment of the country last week.They’re now stuck in a two bedroom flat in the Lebanese capital Beirut with 20 relatives after fleeing their family town of Abbassieh in the south of the country.The 28-year-old radiology registrar from Glasgow had wanted to introduce baby Jana to her relatives in Lebanon before finishing her maternity leave.She travelled with her husband and baby at the start of September unaware of the terror that was to come just weeks later.Now they’re stranded and terrified with bombs going off day and night and no way to get out.Speaking to the Sunday Mail amid explosions and gunfire Manwella said: "I’m in Beirut at the moment.“On Thursday we fled from South Lebanon where we were watching neighbouring houses get hit by Israeli airstrikes one by one.“We came to what we thought was a safe area and now the bombs are coming closer to us here.“There’s 20 of us in a two bedroom flat.

We are not sleeping at all.”The latest conflict was triggered after gunmen from the militant Islamist group Hamas, based in Gaza, stormed into Israel and took 173 people hostage on October 7 last year.While some have been released and others confirmed dead, 97 people remain unaccounted for.The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) have retaliated against Hamas with Hezbollah, based in Lebanon, also firing at Israeli positions in solidarity with Gaza.Hezbollah is also a proscribed terrorist group in the UK.Tensions between Israel and Lebanon increased further on September 17 and 18 when 39