A woman inspects a destroyed building in Sour, southern Lebanon, after the cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah came into effect on Nov. 29, 2024. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour)
As soon as the cease-fire with Israel was concluded on Nov. 26, Hezbollah rushed to launch damage assessment operations to compensate those affected and begin reconstruction efforts. This was reminiscent of the measures taken after the 2006 war, which left 127,000 residential units damaged, including 18,000 that were completely destroyed.However, the current circumstances differ with an even greater scale of destruction and an unprecedented economic crisis, which has deepened resentment among residents.According to Mohammad Shamseddine, director of political research at Information International, Israeli attacks from September to November 2024 caused the complete destruction of 50,000 residential and commercial units. Read more In Tibnin, a family's endless displacement amid Israeli violations These are distributed across Beirut’s...
As soon as the cease-fire with Israel was concluded on Nov. 26, Hezbollah rushed to launch damage assessment operations to compensate those affected and begin reconstruction efforts. This was reminiscent of the measures taken after the 2006 war, which left 127,000 residential units damaged, including 18,000 that were completely destroyed.However, the current circumstances differ with an even greater scale of destruction and an unprecedented economic crisis, which has deepened resentment among residents.According to Mohammad Shamseddine, director of political research at Information International, Israeli attacks from September to November 2024 caused the complete destruction of 50,000 residential and commercial units. Read more In Tibnin, a family's endless displacement amid Israeli violations These are distributed across...
