A building damaged by Israeli aviation in the center of Sour on March 23, 2025, the day after the attack. (Credit: Matthieu Karam/L'Orient-Le Jour)
In the gutted living room of a building in central Sour, velvet red sofas clung dangerously close to the void. Standing on the debris of his neighbor's apartment, Ahmad* still hasn't processed what happened to him the previous day. "I didn’t expect the city to be targeted," he said, exhausted.Around 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, after a day of fasting during Ramadan, the octogenarian was about to drink his coffee when two strikes hit his building, killing his neighbor and damaging a gym below. In shock, he wandered around his apartment before fleeing to his son’s home. "Hezbollah has referred to the state... I don't understand why Israel continues to do this," the widower lamented before returning home.For the first time since the truce took effect on Nov. 27, ending a devastating war of over 13 months between...
In the gutted living room of a building in central Sour, velvet red sofas clung dangerously close to the void. Standing on the debris of his neighbor's apartment, Ahmad* still hasn't processed what happened to him the previous day. "I didn’t expect the city to be targeted," he said, exhausted.Around 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, after a day of fasting during Ramadan, the octogenarian was about to drink his coffee when two strikes hit his building, killing his neighbor and damaging a gym below. In shock, he wandered around his apartment before fleeing to his son’s home. "Hezbollah has referred to the state... I don't understand why Israel continues to do this," the widower lamented before returning home.For the first time since the truce took effect on Nov. 27, ending a devastating war of over 13 months...