Ahmad Shokr's uniform, missing since Dec. 17, 2025. (Credit: Matthieu Karam/L'Orient-Le Jour)
During the night of March 6 to 7, 2026, Israel carried out a lengthy operation in the area of Nabi Sheet. We are republishing this report, which provides insight into this Shiite village located a short distance from the Syrian border.It all begins on a seemingly ordinary winter day. On Dec. 17, 2025, Ahmad Shukur gets up around 8:30 a.m. Like every morning, he shaves, drinks his coffee on the velvet sofa by the stove, and lights a cigarette.Around him, the decor is modest: a rug, a clock, sliding curtains. It took decades of work for this former General Security captain to finish arranging his house — a large block of unfinished concrete overlooking the Bekaa Valley, reflecting the world of an ordinary citizen.On the dining room shelves sits an eight-volume collection chronicling the history of "the institutions of Lebanon."...
During the night of March 6 to 7, 2026, Israel carried out a lengthy operation in the area of Nabi Sheet. We are republishing this report, which provides insight into this Shiite village located a short distance from the Syrian border.It all begins on a seemingly ordinary winter day. On Dec. 17, 2025, Ahmad Shukur gets up around 8:30 a.m. Like every morning, he shaves, drinks his coffee on the velvet sofa by the stove, and lights a cigarette.Around him, the decor is modest: a rug, a clock, sliding curtains. It took decades of work for this former General Security captain to finish arranging his house — a large block of unfinished concrete overlooking the Bekaa Valley, reflecting the world of an ordinary citizen.On the dining room shelves sits an eight-volume collection chronicling the history of "the institutions of...
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