Why doesn't Lebanon have bomb shelters for civilians?

Lebanese citizens across generations have heard stories of their parents rushing into underground basements and makeshift shelters during the height of the 1975-1990 Civil War to protect themselves from shelling and snipers.On the other side of the border, the Israeli authorities maintain a strong civil defense system. State-of-the-art fortified shelters protect (mostly Jewish) Israeli citizens during missile attacks — particularly those launched in large numbers by Iran after the Israeli-American offensive on its territory on Feb. 28, 2026, but also by regime-allied militias such as Hezbollah.But why doesn’t Lebanon, which has witnessed several armed conflicts since the end of the Civil War, have similar infrastructure to protect its civilians, especially when large swathes of southern Beirut and southern Lebanon were rebuilt after the...