Images of Yater, before the destruction. (Credits: Khadje Swdn, Wesam Kuhari, Ahmad Swydan, Hussein Karnib (Google Maps), and @bo_abbas.91 for an image posted on the Instagram account Live Love South.)
Yater, a village in the Bint Jbeil district located 6 kilometers from the border, lies just north of the Israeli-declared “buffer zone.” Since the truce took effect on April 17, the village has been regularly bombarded by the Israeli army. On the evening of April 24, a man was killed there by a drone strike, while the Israeli army announced it had intercepted Hezbollah rocket launchers in the Yater and Kafra regions. The town was bombed again on April 27.'In Yater, we were happy. There was love'After living in Brazil for many years, Ghada returned to Yater in 2001. She wanted to reconnect with her land."I lived in Brazil for a long time. But in 2001, I returned to my village, Yater. South Lebanon had been liberated [after Israeli withdrawal in May 2000], my daughters had grown up. I wanted to live in my country, return to my...
Yater, a village in the Bint Jbeil district located 6 kilometers from the border, lies just north of the Israeli-declared “buffer zone.” Since the truce took effect on April 17, the village has been regularly bombarded by the Israeli army. On the evening of April 24, a man was killed there by a drone strike, while the Israeli army announced it had intercepted Hezbollah rocket launchers in the Yater and Kafra regions. The town was bombed again on April 27.'In Yater, we were happy. There was love'After living in Brazil for many years, Ghada returned to Yater in 2001. She wanted to reconnect with her land."I lived in Brazil for a long time. But in 2001, I returned to my village, Yater. South Lebanon had been liberated [after Israeli withdrawal in May 2000], my daughters had grown up. I wanted to live in my country, return...
