The damage after a major Israeli strike on Ansarieh's industrial area, near Saida, on Sept. 3, 2025. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour)
In southeast Aitaroun (Bint Jbeil district), Hussein Daher is getting used to a new reality.On the heights of Jal al-Deir, in occupied Lebanese territory, the Israeli army is erecting fortifications. From the rubble of his house below, he looks up at the barbed wire, the dug-up road and a small stone wall under construction.In the middle stands an intact Israeli bulldozer. His own bulldozer, hit by an Israeli drone on Aug. 8, is charred.“This machine is used by Hezbollah,” an Israeli leaflet dropped nearby claims.“That’s not true. I’m a civilian,” says Daher, a father of three, standing by his bulldozer. The explainer Hacking Lebanese Politics #26 (updated): What’s going on with the reconstruction of south Lebanon? Daher had been working with the Council for the South, clearing rubble in this part of the village, and hoped to tend...
In southeast Aitaroun (Bint Jbeil district), Hussein Daher is getting used to a new reality.On the heights of Jal al-Deir, in occupied Lebanese territory, the Israeli army is erecting fortifications. From the rubble of his house below, he looks up at the barbed wire, the dug-up road and a small stone wall under construction.In the middle stands an intact Israeli bulldozer. His own bulldozer, hit by an Israeli drone on Aug. 8, is charred.“This machine is used by Hezbollah,” an Israeli leaflet dropped nearby claims.“That’s not true. I’m a civilian,” says Daher, a father of three, standing by his bulldozer. The explainer Hacking Lebanese Politics #26 (updated): What’s going on with the reconstruction of south Lebanon? Daher had been working with the Council for the South, clearing rubble in this part of the village, and...