Residents of the southern Lebanese Christian village of Dibil on March 16, 2026. (Credit: Lucille Wassermann/L’Orient Today)
"We live to the sound of the fighting around us. We have no connection with the outside world anymore since the road that used to connect us to Rmeish has become impassable." On the other end of the line, the words of Gergi Rai, the mukhtar of Dibil, a Christian village near Bint Jbeil and just a few kilometers from the southern border, are unequivocal.Dibil is one of those villages in southern Lebanon whose residents refused repeated Israeli orders to evacuate to north of the Litani River, about 30 kilometers from the border. "There are still 400 families in the village. That’s more than 1,700 people of all ages," the local official notes. Read more Hezbollah-Israel border clashes: In the Christian village of Dibil, 'no one dares to go see what's happening' The village's population has lived to the rhythm of...
"We live to the sound of the fighting around us. We have no connection with the outside world anymore since the road that used to connect us to Rmeish has become impassable." On the other end of the line, the words of Gergi Rai, the mukhtar of Dibil, a Christian village near Bint Jbeil and just a few kilometers from the southern border, are unequivocal.Dibil is one of those villages in southern Lebanon whose residents refused repeated Israeli orders to evacuate to north of the Litani River, about 30 kilometers from the border. "There are still 400 families in the village. That’s more than 1,700 people of all ages," the local official notes. Read more Hezbollah-Israel border clashes: In the Christian village of Dibil, 'no one dares to go see what's happening' The village's population has lived to the rhythm...
