Stefanie Glinski
Two days after Israeli airstrikes targeted this small village in southern Lebanon, bodies were still being pulled from the rubble. At least 50 people were killed and more than 70 were wounded in the attack on Sunday, which hit a large apartment block, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry. But the stench of death lingered, suggesting that more victims may remain buried under debris. Two excavators dug through collapsed concrete walls and twisted steel, aided by a handful of volunteers.
On Monday, Israel’s military launched what it described as a “limited, localized, and targeted” ground invasion into Lebanon, aimed at dismantling the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group and returning evacuated Israeli citizens to border towns near Lebanon. Around 60,000 Israelis left their homes in response to persistent Hezbollah rocket fire following the Hamas attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, that launched Israel’s war on Gaza; Hezbollah and Hamas are allies.
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