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Beirut’s southern suburbs: Cease-fire day 1 in images

Just hours after the cease-fire took effect at 4 a.m. Lebanese time, there was a surge of people in the southern suburbs of Beirut, which had been heavily shelled by the Israeli army for days. Some are trying to recover belongings from their damaged or destroyed homes, others are firing into the air in celebration. Still others are waving Hezbollah flags or holding portraits of Hassan Nasrallah, the party leader who was killed by an Israeli strike on Sept. 27, in the very same suburb.

These are the first images captured by our photographer Mohammad Yassine.

By Mohammad YASSINE, 27 November 2024 12:45

In Kafaat, a locality between Hadath and Burj al-Barajneh, just hours after the cease-fire between Lebanon and Israel took effect. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour)

In Kafaat, a locality between Hadath and Burj al-Barajneh, just hours after the cease-fire between Lebanon and Israel took effect. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour)

Everywhere, Hezbollah flags. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/OLJ)

Everywhere, Hezbollah flags. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/OLJ)

(Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour)

(Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour)

A resident retrieves some belongings from the rubble of what used to be his home. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour)

A resident retrieves some belongings from the rubble of what used to be his home. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour)

(Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour)

(Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour)

Here, another person clears debris... (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour)

Here, another person clears debris... (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour)

In the neighborhood, some are shooting in the air, as a sign of celebration. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour)

In the neighborhood, some are shooting in the air, as a sign of celebration. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour)

(Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour)

(Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour)

On the Hadi Nasrallah highway which crosses the southern suburbs of Beirut. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour)

On the Hadi Nasrallah highway which crosses the southern suburbs of Beirut. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour)

(Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour)

(Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour)

(Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour)

(Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour)

Many there also hold up portraits of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed by an Israeli strike in this same southern suburb on Sept. 27. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour)

Many there also hold up portraits of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed by an Israeli strike in this same southern suburb on Sept. 27. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour)

(Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour)

(Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour)

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