Al Khiyam, for instance, is a hilltop village of 30, 000 people that was heavily shelled, though never occupied by Israeli troops.

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Al-Khiyam itself has a population of 15, 000 inhabitants, the large majority of them Shia Muslims, although there are also some Orthodox and Maronite Christians.

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Fairuz is a mother of three boys and owned a lingerie shop on the ground floor of her house in the centre of al-Khiyam.

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