Aaramta, Southern Lebanon – May 24, 2023: Hezbollah fighters staged a show of force for the media on the eve of “Liberation Day,” a national holiday marking the end of Israel’s occupation of southern Lebanon on May 25, 2000. Diego Ibarra Sánchez
Beirut, Lebanon. On November 26, 2024, smoke billowed from multiple Israeli airstrikes targeting Dahieh. Israel continues strikes on Southern Beirut amid uncertainty over cease-fire efforts.
Tripoli, Lebanon. On October 5, 2024, the bodies of Zainab and Fatima Saeed Ali, daughters of a leader in the Al-Qassam Brigades, are wrapped in white shrouds and carried to the cemetery after being killed along with their father, Saeed Ataallah Ali, and their mother, Shaimaa Khalil Azzam, in their residential apartment in the Beddawi camp in northern Lebanon. Beddawi camp was established in 1955 and is located on a hill, 5 km northeast of Tripoli. This is the first attack since the escalation on October 8, 2023.
Beirut, Lebanon. On October 11, 2024, A neighbor, deeply affected by the blast, carefully walks through a path of destruction, carrying what remains of his belongings from his destroyed home. At least 22 people were killed and hundreds injured.
Saida, Lebanon – August 6, 2024: Young Hamas supporter march with a toy RPG during a demonstration in Saida, commemorating the death of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed while visiting Tehran, Iran. Haniyeh, a founding member of Hamas, led the group’s political office from exile.
Ramya, Blue Line. Lebanon. On February 3, 2025, the principal’s office of Ramya’s school stands in ruins, destroyed during the war. Hundreds of schools across Lebanon have been forced to close, while those in border towns have been completely devastated. Ramya’s school shut down on October 8, 2023, and was later used as a base by the IDF. The education and future of Lebanese students have been severely disrupted by Israel’s bombardment, displacing nearly half of the country’s 1.25 million students.
Beirut, Lebanon. On October 17, 2024, nurses change the bandages for Ivana Mohamad Skayke, 2 years old, from Nabatieh, inside Geitawi Hospital. She arrived at the hospital 21 days ago after she and her sister were standing on their family’s balcony when an airstrike hit a launcher parked outside their home. Her mother was also injured in the same strike.
Saida, Lebanon. On September 22, 2024, a Lebanese mourner looks at a coffin during the funeral ceremony for the 13 people who were killed on September 19 by an Israeli airstrike in Ain el-Delb. According to Lebanon’s Ministry of Health, at least 45 people were killed and 70 others wounded in the strike, which occurred near the southern coastal city of Sidon. The attack is considered one of the deadliest incidents since the escalation began, with verified footage showing at least one residential building collapsing. Nearly half of the victims were displaced individuals from the southern city of Nabatieh.
Beirut, Lebanon – October 13, 2024: Around 100 Sierra Leonean domestic workers, along with some of their children, rest on thin cots set up on a cement floor in a crowdfunded shelter in Hazmieh. Most of these women were abandoned by their Lebanese sponsors after Israel began its attacks on Dahieh, leaving them trapped in a precarious situation with limited resources and uncertain futures. The shelter, established to provide a safe haven, has become a temporary refuge amidst the escalating violence, highlighting the vulnerabilities faced by migrant workers in Lebanon.
Beirut, Lebanon – November 30, 2024: Thousands of Hezbollah supporters gathered at the site where former Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah was killed in Israeli airstrikes on September 17. They attended a memorial ceremony in Beirut’s Southern Suburb. The tribute, titled “Light from Light,” was held at the location of his martyrdom in Haret Hreik, a neighborhood that sustained extensive damage from Israeli attacks during the war.
On October 7, 2023, the world’s attention shifted to Gaza after Hamas launched an unprecedented large-scale attack on Israel, killing approximately 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages. The assault triggered a massive Israeli military response in Gaza and reignited a long-dormant conflict with Hezbollah in Lebanon, one that had remained relatively quiet since the 2006 war.
After more than a year of fighting between Hezbollah and Israel, the death toll in Lebanon has reached 4,047, including 316 children and 790 women. Most of the casualties occurred following a major escalation in September. A fragile ceasefire was declared on November 27, 2024, after the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and intensified Israeli strikes on Hezbollah infrastructure. However, violations by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continue. According to the United Nations, at least 71 civilians have been killed in Lebanon since the truce began.
Civilian areas have been relentlessly shelled—often with white phosphorus, displacing tens of thousands. Constant drone surveillance and near-daily cross-border strikes have left communities in fear, unable to return home.
“War on Hezbollah” aims to highlight the human cost of the Hezbollah-Israel conflict, how civilians caught in the crossfire endure daily survival, displacement, grief, and the uncertainty of a future shaped by forces far beyond their control, as they wait for a peace that may never come.
