Images of beautiful days in the village of Markaba, in South Lebanon. Photos provided by Abdelmajid Zaraket.
Around March 20, the Israeli invading troops advanced in a new axis in the village of Markaba, in the eastern sector, pushing into southern Lebanon along the border zone where it has been ordered to systematically destroy homes. Since then, Markaba can be regarded as under Israeli occupation, as Hezbollah fighters withdrew from the town. Still, the party's fighters continued to claim occasional strikes against Israeli soldiers, occupying a position in the village since the November 2024 cease-fire.This is not the first war Markaba has endured. Pressed against the Israeli border in the Marjayoun district, it has experienced every major conflict. Yet if war has become entrenched into life in Markaba, the village is far from being defined this way by its residents‘We were living in paradise … we only knew it when we lost it’Abdelmajeed...
Around March 20, the Israeli invading troops advanced in a new axis in the village of Markaba, in the eastern sector, pushing into southern Lebanon along the border zone where it has been ordered to systematically destroy homes. Since then, Markaba can be regarded as under Israeli occupation, as Hezbollah fighters withdrew from the town. Still, the party's fighters continued to claim occasional strikes against Israeli soldiers, occupying a position in the village since the November 2024 cease-fire.This is not the first war Markaba has endured. Pressed against the Israeli border in the Marjayoun district, it has experienced every major conflict. Yet if war has become entrenched into life in Markaba, the village is far from being defined this way by its residents‘We were living in paradise … we only knew it when we lost...
