War-Weary Lebanon Marks Eid With Muted Celebration
For families displaced by Israeli airstrikes, the joy that usually marks the end of Ramadan has been replaced by uncertainty and hardship.
For families displaced by Israeli airstrikes, the joy that usually marks the end of Ramadan has been replaced by uncertainty and hardship.
The attacks could worsen the severe electricity shortages that Iranians already face.
Near the center of Beirut, one image captures the aftermath of an Israeli strike.
The Israeli military widened its attacks to the districts in the center of the Lebanese capital, destroying buildings, forcing residents to flee and killing at least 10.
Israeli calls for the evacuation of huge swaths of southern Lebanon have led 830,000 people, about 14 percent of Lebanon’s population, to flee.
Leaflets dropped over the capital referenced Israel’s “success in Gaza” and urged Lebanese citizens to disarm Hezbollah.
Our Beirut bureau chief, Christina Goldbaum, shows how Israeli airstrikes have affected Lebanon and its capital. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled areas around Beirut and in a huge swath of southern Lebanon after Israel issued evacuation warnin…
As a historian and diplomat, he gave intellectual shape to his people and made sure that they played a role in negotiating their future.
With airstrikes expanding beyond the limits of Beirut’s southern suburbs, people in the city say that even the once-safest corners may no longer be off-limits.
The United States and Israel launched more strikes against Iran, where crowds mourned military commanders killed in the war. Israel also bombed targets in Lebanon, where the death toll climbed.