A cloud of smoke erupts during Israeli air strikes on a village south of Tyre in southern Lebanon, on 25 September 2024 (Credit: AFP/Hasan Fneich)
BEIRUT — Residents of nine villages in south-east Lebanon have been without water since an Israeli airstrike damaged on Oct. 19 the main water network connecting their homes to the Shebaa spring."There is not one drop of water here," Habbariyeh's former mayor Ayman Shuqeir told L'Orient Today. In his village alone, 350 houses have been affected by the crisis.On Oct. 25, the authorities and residents of the villages of Shebaa, Habbariyeh, Fardis, Kawkaba, Abou Qamha, Kfarhamam, Rashaya al-Foukhar, Mari and Majidiye, all located in Hasbaya district, issued a statement in which they called the Lebanese government to repair the damage caused by the Israeli strike that cut off the water supply, urging it to fix "this urgent basic life issue."Water shortages caused by the warSince the war between Hezbollah and Israel began on...
BEIRUT — Residents of nine villages in south-east Lebanon have been without water since an Israeli airstrike damaged on Oct. 19 the main water network connecting their homes to the Shebaa spring."There is not one drop of water here," Habbariyeh's former mayor Ayman Shuqeir told L'Orient Today. In his village alone, 350 houses have been affected by the crisis.On Oct. 25, the authorities and residents of the villages of Shebaa, Habbariyeh, Fardis, Kawkaba, Abou Qamha, Kfarhamam, Rashaya al-Foukhar, Mari and Majidiye, all located in Hasbaya district, issued a statement in which they called the Lebanese government to repair the damage caused by the Israeli strike that cut off the water supply, urging it to fix "this urgent basic life issue."Water shortages caused by the warSince the war between Hezbollah and Israel began...
