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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 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 escape. Flies hover over about twenty body bags. Some 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, headed for Arab Salim, where she will be buried.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 Trump on Wednesday, June 17. Between...
A Hezbollah 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 escape. Flies hover over about twenty body bags. Some 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, headed for Arab Salim, where she will be buried.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 Trump on Wednesday, June 17. Between...
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