A statue of Jesus in a garden in Alma el-Chaab, damaged by the Israeli army, on November 5, 2025. (Credit: Matthieu Karam/L’Orient-Le Jour)
"We don’t want to leave our land," said Samy Hajj, a resident of the predominantly Christian border town of Rmeish (Bint Jbeil district), when L'Orient-Le Jour spoke with him over the phone. "All the villagers have decided to stay. If we leave, we will never be able to return. We’ve seen what happened to the Palestinians in 1948," he continued.Ordered on Wednesday by the Israeli army to evacuate areas south of the Litani River — a predominantly Shiite region — a large part of the population has left after being subjected to incessant Israeli strikes since Monday. In a similar story 'We placed our faith in God': In Alma al-Shaab, residents refuse to leave despite Israeli threats Still, some Christian-majority villages are resisting in their own way. In Alma al-Shaab (Sour), residents remain determined not to...
"We don’t want to leave our land," said Samy Hajj, a resident of the predominantly Christian border town of Rmeish (Bint Jbeil district), when L'Orient-Le Jour spoke with him over the phone. "All the villagers have decided to stay. If we leave, we will never be able to return. We’ve seen what happened to the Palestinians in 1948," he continued.Ordered on Wednesday by the Israeli army to evacuate areas south of the Litani River — a predominantly Shiite region — a large part of the population has left after being subjected to incessant Israeli strikes since Monday. In a similar story 'We placed our faith in God': In Alma al-Shaab, residents refuse to leave despite Israeli threats Still, some Christian-majority villages are resisting in their own way. In Alma al-Shaab (Sour), residents remain determined...
