Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. At dawn, the Israeli army launched massive strikes on southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley. These continued throughout the day, as seen here in the village of Burj al-Shemali, southern Lebanon. (Credit: Bilal Kashmar/AFP)
Here, strikes hit the Lebanese village of Jabal al-Botom along the Lebanon-Israel border on Sept. 23, 2024. (Credit: Kawnat Haju/AFP)
The toll from this day is extremely heavy: 558 killed, including 50 children and 94 women, and 1,645 injured, among them these two children receiving care on Sept. 24, 2024, in the village of Saksakieh in the Saida district. (Credit: Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP)
The bombings have forced tens of thousands of people onto the roads, fleeing as quickly as possible from the regions bombarded by Israel. (Credit: Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP)
In Beirut, the reception of refugees is being organized. Here, an elderly man who had to flee his village in southern Lebanon is settled in an art institute transformed into a shelter, in Beirut, on Sept. 23, 2024. (Credit: Fadel Itani/AFP)
Some families are heading to Saida, like this little girl’s family, who is moving into a school in the city that has been transformed into a shelter. (Credit: Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP)
Some families were unable to reach Beirut and had to spend the night from Monday to Tuesday in a garden in Saida. (Credit: Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP)
These families include children, of course. (Credit: Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP)
The exodus continued on the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 24. On the Damour highway, there were massive traffic jams as residents fled southern Lebanon. (Credit: Ibrahim Amro/AFP)
Refugees fleeing in a truck. (Credit: Mohammad Yassin/OLJ)
On Tuesday, as Israeli bombardments were less intense in the morning compared to the previous day, some went to assess the damage. Here, a man inspects what remains of his home, damaged on Monday in the village of Akbieh, South Lebanon. (Credit: Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP)
Another house damaged in Akbieh. (Credit: Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP)
On Tuesday, a new chapter begins for the refugees. Here, an elderly man who fled the bombings in southern Lebanon waits in a public school converted into a shelter in Ras al-Nabaa, Beirut. (Credit: Mohammad Yassin/OLJ)
Some belongings that the refugees managed to grab while fleeing. (Credit: Mohammad Yassin/OLJ)
Young refugee girls. (Credit: Mohammad Yassin/OLJ)
And in the meantime, Israeli bombings continued, as seen here in the al-Hosh region near Sour. (Credit: Hassan Fneich/AFP)