Photos of Yaroun, a village in south Lebanon, provided by Marwan Ajaka
Located just a kilometer from the Israeli border, Yaroun, in the Bint Jbeil district, is within the "buffer zone" declared by Israel after the April 17, 2026, cease-fire.While Israel had already caused mass destruction in the village during the 2024 war, its ordeal isn’t over. Since late April, the Israeli army has been destroying houses and infrastructure using bulldozers and explosives.In early May, Israel destroyed the convent and its attached school, sparking mass outrage. These acts of destruction were denounced to L’Orient-Le Jour by the parish priest, Father Charles Naddaf, by the Greek-Melkite Catholic metropolitan of Zahle and the Bekaa, Ibrahim Mikail Ibrahim, and by L’Œuvre d’Orient, a French Catholic association. Along the border 'When I try to imagine Alma al-Shaab, I see my parents' olive trees' The Israeli...
Located just a kilometer from the Israeli border, Yaroun, in the Bint Jbeil district, is within the "buffer zone" declared by Israel after the April 17, 2026, cease-fire.While Israel had already caused mass destruction in the village during the 2024 war, its ordeal isn’t over. Since late April, the Israeli army has been destroying houses and infrastructure using bulldozers and explosives.In early May, Israel destroyed the convent and its attached school, sparking mass outrage. These acts of destruction were denounced to L’Orient-Le Jour by the parish priest, Father Charles Naddaf, by the Greek-Melkite Catholic metropolitan of Zahle and the Bekaa, Ibrahim Mikail Ibrahim, and by L’Œuvre d’Orient, a French Catholic association. Along the border 'When I try to imagine Alma al-Shaab, I see my parents' olive trees' The...