Relatives of Rania Houmani, killed by an Israeli strike on March 22 in the center of Sour, in tears as her body passes by, on March 23, 2025. (Credit: Matthieu Karam/L'Orient-Le Jour)
One hundred twenty-seven people, more than half of whom were civilians, have been killed in Lebanon by the Israeli army since the cease-fire took effect just over four months ago, on Nov. 27, 2024, following over 13 months of attrition war between Hezbollah and Israel, according to L'Orient-Le Jour's count. Since the cease-fire, the Israeli air force has conducted 47 deadly strikes, including one in Beirut's southern suburbs in the early hours on Tuesday morning. On the Lebanese side, three rocket attacks, which caused no Israeli casualties, were reported during this period, one of which was claimed by Hezbollah.For comparison, between the start of the war triggered by Hezbollah on Oct. 8, 2023, and Aug. 31, 2024, before the full-scale war erupted in September, Israel carried out two airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburbs. The first, on...
One hundred twenty-seven people, more than half of whom were civilians, have been killed in Lebanon by the Israeli army since the cease-fire took effect just over four months ago, on Nov. 27, 2024, following over 13 months of attrition war between Hezbollah and Israel, according to L'Orient-Le Jour's count. Since the cease-fire, the Israeli air force has conducted 47 deadly strikes, including one in Beirut's southern suburbs in the early hours on Tuesday morning. On the Lebanese side, three rocket attacks, which caused no Israeli casualties, were reported during this period, one of which was claimed by Hezbollah.For comparison, between the start of the war triggered by Hezbollah on Oct. 8, 2023, and Aug. 31, 2024, before the full-scale war erupted in September, Israel carried out two airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburbs. The first,...
