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Among the ruins of Nabatieh, people say 'thank you' to Iran

After 48 deadly hours, few residents of the southern city believe the truce will hold.

Among the ruins of Nabatieh, people say 'thank you' to Iran

A man standing on the rubble in the city of Nabatieh, on June 22, 2026. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L’Orient-Le Jour)

A Hezbollah-affiliated Islamic Health Committee ambulance parks in front of the morgue, located outside the al-Najdi al-Shaabieh hospital at the entrance to Nabatieh in southern Lebanon. The paramedics open the steel door. A wave of cold air and the smell of death seeps out. Flies hover over about 20 body bags, some of which contain only body parts, awaiting DNA testing. In this cold chamber, young men recover the body of Yasmine Hassan, 30, killed in Saturday's Israeli strikes, and carry her on a military green stretcher to the ambulance, which will take her body to Arab Salim (Nabatieh district) for burial.For 48 hours, Nabatieh experienced "the worst" of the war, despite the cease-fire announced as part of the Iranian-American protocol providing for a cessation of hostilities on all fronts signed by U.S. President Donald...
A Hezbollah-affiliated Islamic Health Committee ambulance parks in front of the morgue, located outside the al-Najdi al-Shaabieh hospital at the entrance to Nabatieh in southern Lebanon. The paramedics open the steel door. A wave of cold air and the smell of death seeps out. Flies hover over about 20 body bags, some of which contain only body parts, awaiting DNA testing. In this cold chamber, young men recover the body of Yasmine Hassan, 30, killed in Saturday's Israeli strikes, and carry her on a military green stretcher to the ambulance, which will take her body to Arab Salim (Nabatieh district) for burial.For 48 hours, Nabatieh experienced "the worst" of the war, despite the cease-fire announced as part of the Iranian-American protocol providing for a cessation of hostilities on all fronts signed by U.S. President...
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