Lebanese Civilians Return

Lebanese civilians return home to shattered lives and cities after ceasefire

The crushing reality of homes and businesses reduced to crumbled cement and mangled steel has curdled the joy many in Lebanon felt after Israel and Hezbollah agreed a ceasefire earlier this week.

Hezbollah Fighters Retreat North After Truce, Passing Lebanese Civilians Heading Home

How the militants’ withdrawal unfolds is a key test of the truce deal, which also requires Israeli forces to leave Lebanon.

World - The Wall Street Journal - 2 days ago

Lebanese Residents of Baalbek Return to a Bombed-Out City

Tens of thousands of people who had fled the city of Baalbek returned to bombed-out restaurants, flattened apartment buildings and many of the dead still buried under the rubble.

World - The New York Times - 2 days ago

‘Thank God we are home’: Lebanese return south after ceasefire with Israel

People are relieved to be home but face having to rebuild lives among destroyed homes and villages. Before the ceasefire had even come into effect, Zeinab and Dina were already driving south. The ...

World - The Guardian - 3 days ago

Thousands of Lebanese return to their homes as Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire takes hold

Thousands of Lebanese displaced by the war between Israel and Hezbollah returned home Wednesday as a ceasefire takes hold

World - ABC News - 3 days ago

With Joy and Tears, Lebanese Return Home: ‘Look at All the Destruction’

A cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah allowed those displaced by the war to return to their homes. Many found buildings cleaved in half, crushed cars and ruined towns.

World - The New York Times - 2 days ago

Lebanon Cease-Fire Appears to Hold Despite Israeli Strike

Israel said it had targeted militants headed to a rocket facility, but neither Israel nor Hezbollah seemed keen to immediately return to full-scale fighting.

World - The New York Times - 9 hours ago

Lebanese return to rubble, Israelis focus on Gaza as Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire holds

The truce between Israel and Hezbollah appears to be holding for a second day as Lebanese civilians return to destroyed homes and many Israelis turn their focus back to the remaining hostages in ...

Lebanese fishermen hope ceasefire with Israel means normal life returning

The ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah is bringing hope for normality back to many in southern Lebanon

World - ABC News - 8 hours ago

Mali junta chief fires prime minister in row over return to civilian rule

World - Yahoo News - November 21

The widening Mideast conflict's impact on innocent civilians

Iran's supreme leader threatened Israel and the U.S. with a "crushing response" after recent Israeli military attacks on Iran and its allies. Debora Patta reports on the innocent civilians ...

Lebanese parliament to elect president in January

World - Yahoo News - 2 days ago

Fleeing civilians say Israeli siege and strikes killing dozens in Gaza

"There is no food or drink," one north Gaza resident fleeing from Israel's devastating offensive said. "Hunger has killed us."

World - CBS News - November 5

Israel expands assault in north Gaza, says civilians can't come back

Israeli ground forces have "started to operate" around a northern Gaza town, expanding an anti-Hamas offensive that will apparently see residents kept out indefinitely.

'My conscripted husband is now dead': How Myanmar's war is killing civilians

World - Yahoo News - November 10

'My husband was forcibly conscripted. Months later he was dead'

Myanmar's mandatory conscription has upended the lives of countless people. The BBC spoke to four of them.

Myanmar airstrikes indiscriminately target civilians a rights group says in a new report

Myanmar’s military has consistently targeted civilians and their communities as a form of collective punishment in the country’s southeast since the army seized power in early 2021

World - ABC News - November 15

NATO: Russia's strikes on Ukraine's power grid terrorizes civilians

World - Yahoo News - November 17

Mali’s Junta Replaces Civilian Prime Minister With One of Its Own

The prime minister had been fired for criticizing the country’s junta.

World - The New York Times - November 21

The ancient Lebanese valley being pounded by Israeli bombs

The Bekaa, known for its Roman temples, is now a focus of the IDF’s campaign against Hizbollah and paying a heavy cost

World - Financial Times - November 19

Lebanese soccer player in coma after lsraeli strikes

Leading Lebanese footballer Celine Haidar is in a medically induced coma after she was critically wounded in an Israeli strike near her home in Beirut's southern suburbs, putting her international ...

Sports - ESPN - November 23

Lebanese Army taking 'necessary measures' to implement ceasefire

World - Yahoo News - 3 days ago

Thousands of Lebanese Head South as a Fragile Peace Begins

Also, Trump picked an envoy for Russia and Ukraine. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.

Top stories - The New York Times - 3 days ago

Israeli government failed to protect citizens in Oct. 7 attacks, civilian-led probe finds

The Israeli government failed in its “duty to protect its citizens” in the lead-up to and during the Oct. 7, attacks, an Israeli civilian report said Tuesday.

Middle East Crisis Updates: Lebanon Sends Troops to Support Cease-Fire as Thousands of Civilians Head South

The Lebanese Army said it was deploying forces near the Israeli border as a U.S.-backed truce between Israel and Hezbollah militants began to take effect.

World - The New York Times - 2 days ago

Israeli forces capture senior Hezbollah operative in north Lebanon, Israeli military official says

An Israeli military official says Israeli naval forces have captured a senior Hezbollah operative in north Lebanon

World - ABC News - November 3

Disgraced Lebanese Central Banker Who Was a Fugitive Now Awaits His Fate

Riad Salameh was arrested on graft charges and accused of undermining Lebanon’s economy, as the Israel-Hezbollah war further destabilizes the country.

World - The Wall Street Journal - November 3

A Lebanese Town Tries to Stay Out of Israel-Hezbollah War

While Lebanese are united against Israel’s onslaught, some in southern towns where Hezbollah does not hold sway say they feel caught between Israel’s firepower and Hezbollah’s fighters.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 3

Israeli strikes kill at least 40 in east Lebanon - health ministry

An Israeli official said the strikes, in the Baalbek and Bekaa regions, targeted Hezbollah operatives.

Lebanese Health Ministry says Israeli airstrike kills 20 in the country's north

World - ABC News - November 10

Israeli strikes kill at least 12 Lebanese rescuers and 15 people in Syria

An Israeli airstrike has killed at least 12 Lebanese rescue workers inside a civil defense center in the eastern city of Baalbek

World - ABC News - November 14

Lebanese Fear That Wherever the Displaced Go, Israeli Bombs Will Follow

Tensions among multiple sects in the country have long lurked just below the surface. As hundreds of thousands flee Israeli airstrikes in the south, those strains are worsening.

World - The New York Times - November 15

Residents of Lebanese border town 'determined to stay' as rockets fly above

The residents of Rmeish have decided to stay despite the fighting raging all around them.

Israel fights Hizbollah at Lebanese crusader castle as forces push north

Fierce clashes in Chamaa injured four UN peacekeepers on Friday in one of Israel’s deepest advances into the country so far

World - Financial Times - November 23

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