Residents inspect the damage at the scene of an Israeli strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Oct. 1, 2024. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour)
Like you, perhaps, Julia Ramadan felt safe with her mother on Monday in their home in Ain al-Delb, near Saida. Like you, she was calling for donations to help those displaced from southern Lebanon in her town. Like you, she was an ordinary person with dreams and fears. Then, in a split second, she was killed — along with around 40 others — when Israel bombed her building.It has now been 10 days since the full-scale war began. After 11 months of lower-intensity skirmishes between Israel and Hezbollah, the Israeli state launched an unprecedented escalation in Lebanon on Sept. 23.Since then, southern Lebanon, the Bekaa Valley and Beirut’s southern suburbs have been relentlessly bombed, with sporadic but equally deadly strikes across the rest of the country. This escalation has killed more than 1,300 people in just ten days, the overwhelming...
Like you, perhaps, Julia Ramadan felt safe with her mother on Monday in their home in Ain al-Delb, near Saida. Like you, she was calling for donations to help those displaced from southern Lebanon in her town. Like you, she was an ordinary person with dreams and fears. Then, in a split second, she was killed — along with around 40 others — when Israel bombed her building.It has now been 10 days since the full-scale war began. After 11 months of lower-intensity skirmishes between Israel and Hezbollah, the Israeli state launched an unprecedented escalation in Lebanon on Sept. 23.Since then, southern Lebanon, the Bekaa Valley and Beirut’s southern suburbs have been relentlessly bombed, with sporadic but equally deadly strikes across the rest of the country. This escalation has killed more than 1,300 people in just ten days, the...
Humanitarian convoy reaches Rmeish, Ain Ibl, Dibil despite obstacles
