In Beirut's southern suburbs, the vigilante neighborhood watch that took security into its own hands

BEIRUT — Returning home in the early hours of the cease-fire, residents of Beirut's southern suburbs risk coming face-to-face with all kinds of loss, chief among them the destruction of their homes by U.S.-made Israeli-dropped bombs. But amid the chaos of two months of bombardment, compounded by five years of devastating economic collapse, residents also risk finding their damaged homes looted and their belongings, whatever may have withstood destruction, gone.Dareen, who wished to go by a false name, fled her home in Burj al-Barajneh leaving two gold bracelets costing around $4,000 behind. When the cease-fire was announced, she returned home, relieved to find it had escaped damage, and “immediately ran to my drawer where I kept those bracelets under a stack of pajamas. I was in a hectic frenzy when I didn’t find them,” she said.“I’m not...