UN peacekeepers deployed in the border village of Rmeish, March 16, 2026. (Credit: Lucile Wassermann/L’Orient-Le Jour)
In the middle of harvest season, the death of Edgard Jillo triggered a wave of panic in the Christian village of Ain Ibl, a border town trapped in the area occupied by the Israeli army in southern Lebanon. On Monday, this Internal Security Forces (ISF) agent was killed by a mine explosion near his home. "He was cleaning a garden, there was a large pile of weeds he wanted to throw away. He approached and..." said Wadih Diab, a friend of the victim, stopping short as he left the funeral ceremony held in the village.In this month of October, residents are busy in the fields harvesting olives and tobacco leaves. "There are surely other mines on our land. But we don’t have any military experts here," worried the restaurateur, who had to suspend his business since the war. Usually, it is the United Nations Interim Force in...
In the middle of harvest season, the death of Edgard Jillo triggered a wave of panic in the Christian village of Ain Ibl, a border town trapped in the area occupied by the Israeli army in southern Lebanon. On Monday, this Internal Security Forces (ISF) agent was killed by a mine explosion near his home. "He was cleaning a garden, there was a large pile of weeds he wanted to throw away. He approached and..." said Wadih Diab, a friend of the victim, stopping short as he left the funeral ceremony held in the village.In this month of October, residents are busy in the fields harvesting olives and tobacco leaves. "There are surely other mines on our land. But we don’t have any military experts here," worried the restaurateur, who had to suspend his business since the war. Usually, it is the United Nations Interim Force...
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