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A look at destruction in Lebanon from Israeli airstrikes and occupation of border region

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

On Sunday, the 60-day window to implement the ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel will close. As part of the deal, Israeli troops must withdraw from Lebanon and Hezbollah must disarm in a border zone. But just days from the deadline, Israeli troops remain and Hezbollah's status is unclear. Simona Foltyn reports from Beirut. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

On Sunday, the 60-day window to implement the ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel will close.

0:06.7

As part of the deal, Israeli troops must withdraw from Lebanon and Hezbollah must disarm in a border zone.

0:12.8

But just days from the deadline, Israeli troops remain and Hezbollah status is unclear in a country that's faced widespread destruction in this latest war.

0:22.7

Simone Fultin reports from Beirut.

0:26.8

Beirut's southern suburbs are once again in ruins. After two months of Israeli bombardment,

0:32.8

Dahi's residents returned last November to find their homes, shops, and lives reduced to rubble.

0:40.0

Hussam's apartment block was still standing.

0:42.9

It narrowly escaped an Israeli strike that flattened several high-rise buildings,

0:47.8

leaving hundreds of his neighbors homeless.

0:51.4

The tyrannical Israeli enemy is sowing lies that there are Hezbollah fighters here, but there are only peaceful civilians.

0:58.8

They are destroying the environment that loves the resistance.

1:02.3

The IDF said it hit around 360, quote, terrorist structures in Dahlia before the ceasefire went into effect on November 27th.

1:11.6

These strikes decimated Hezbollah's top echelon,

1:15.6

but they also killed scores of civilians and wreaked havoc on civilian infrastructure,

1:20.6

which is forbidden under international law.

1:23.6

A Dahlia is considered a Hezbollah stronghold, but it's also a sprawling sub-rep home to

1:29.9

around a million people, many of whom support the group.

1:34.0

There is a sense here that Israeli strikes did not just target Hezbollah's leadership

1:37.7

and fighters, but also its Shia constituency.

1:42.0

Experts at the American University of Beirut are calling Israel's

1:45.0

bombardment of dahia and herbicide the deliberate obliteration of urban fabric.

1:50.0

Professor Mona Fawaz is part of a team mapping the impact.

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