Images of the Citadel of Chamaa and the Chmoun as-Safa sanctuary dating from 2019. (Credit: Photos by Roman Deckert/images under Creative Commons license)
Shamaa, a village in the Sour district located five kilometers from the Israeli border, has been bombed multiple times by Israel during wars following the Israeli withdrawal from South Lebanon in 2000.This occurred during the 2006 conflict, and again in 2024, a war during which the Israeli army even occupied the citadel, leading to heavy damage to this medieval fortress, which was among the 34 cultural sites at the time enjoying "a high level of immunity from attacks and from being used for military purposes" by UNESCO.Since the war resumed on March 2, Hezbollah has been driven out of the area, but the area is regularly bombed by the Israeli army.Hezbollah continues to fire sporadically from there. The citadel has been hit again, as was, on April 12, the Shiite shrine attributed to the prophet Shmoun as-Safa. This shrine is...
Shamaa, a village in the Sour district located five kilometers from the Israeli border, has been bombed multiple times by Israel during wars following the Israeli withdrawal from South Lebanon in 2000.This occurred during the 2006 conflict, and again in 2024, a war during which the Israeli army even occupied the citadel, leading to heavy damage to this medieval fortress, which was among the 34 cultural sites at the time enjoying "a high level of immunity from attacks and from being used for military purposes" by UNESCO.Since the war resumed on March 2, Hezbollah has been driven out of the area, but the area is regularly bombed by the Israeli army.Hezbollah continues to fire sporadically from there. The citadel has been hit again, as was, on April 12, the Shiite shrine attributed to the prophet Shmoun as-Safa. This shrine is...
