View of the village of Rmeish, in the Bint Jbeil district, in South Lebanon, on November 16, 2025. (Credit: Tea Ziade/L’Orient-Le Jour)
SOUTH LEBANON — The head Rmeish municipality in South Lebanon, Hanna al-Amil, said that his village, located in the Israeli “security zone,” has received a Starlink device from the telecommunications ministry in order to communicate with the authorities.
“The minister of telecommunications, Charles Hajj, provided the municipality with the first operational Starlink device in Lebanon to maintain communication between the municipality and the Lebanese state,” Amil said Thursday on MFM radio, affiliated with the MTV channel.
Contacted by L'Orient-Le Jour, a source within the ministry confirmed this information, adding that other border villages with Israel that are still inhabited have been equipped with Starlink devices, without giving further details. Amil was not available for comment.
Many residents of the Christian locality of Rmeish, in the Bint Jbeil district, refused to leave the village during the recent conflict between Israel and Hezbollah and now find themselves almost cut off from the rest of the country. Several convoys of humanitarian aid destined for villages still inhabited in the occupied zones have been dispatched in recent weeks.
The Israeli army continues its demolition operations in South Lebanon, which it occupies over more than 600 square kilometers, despite a ceasefire that went into effect in mid-June with Hezbollah.
