{"id":8805,"date":"2026-08-01T22:51:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T14:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moresourcing.com\/lebanon-israel-war-hezbollah\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T22:51:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T14:51:35","slug":"lebanon-israel-war-hezbollah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moresourcing.com\/fr\/lebanon-israel-war-hezbollah\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanese who fled the Israeli invasion visit to see what’s left : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Najib Ayyad checks his apartment in Nabatiyeh, Lebanon, which was heavily damaged and likely to be demolished. The apartment overlooks Beaufort Castle, a national symbol of deep personal meaning for him, now occupied by Israeli forces.\n \n \n Diego Ibarra S\u00e1nchez for NPR\n \n <\/b>\n cacher la l\u00e9gende<\/b><\/b>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/svg>\n toggle caption<\/b>\n <\/b>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n Diego Ibarra S\u00e1nchez for NPR\n \n <\/span>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n

NABATIYEH, Lebanon \u2014 Past the shattered glass of the balcony doors of Najib Ayyad’s damaged apartment in southern Lebanon, he can see a historic local landmark \u2014 now occupied by Israeli forces.<\/p>

“You see the castle?” he asks. Beaufort Castle, a crusader-era fortress, was seized in May by Israeli forces who have now gone far beyond what the Israeli government describes as a “security zone” in southern Lebanon.<\/p>

“They can see us clearly from there,” he says. “Even if my apartment weren’t damaged I couldn’t stay.”<\/p>

On the day we visit in June, smoke is rising from an Israeli artillery strike near Nabatiyeh, a small city that is a hub in the south of the country. The sound of Israeli drones is a constant backdrop in a city devastated by war, but which still shows tentative signs of residents trying to rebuild their lives here.<\/p>

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\n A member of the paramedic team watches a column of smoke rise after an Israeli strike in Nabatiyeh, Lebanon.\n \n \n Diego Ibarra S\u00e1nchez for NPR\n \n <\/b>\n cacher la l\u00e9gende<\/b><\/b>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/svg>\n toggle caption<\/b>\n <\/b>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n Diego Ibarra S\u00e1nchez for NPR\n \n <\/span>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n

Ayyad, a parliamentary office worker, has come back only to salvage some belongings from the apartment. He used to commute to work from here to the parliament member’s office near Sidon, a short drive away. With no money to rent another apartment, he is staying with his daughter in her flat in Beirut.<\/p>