30-11-2024 07:00 via theguardian.com

‘Why would we wait?’: Lebanon starts to rebuild as ceasefire takes effect

Residents of Nabatieh say they do not expect the government to help and have set to work clearing the rubbleFor two months, the only sounds in Nabatieh were the buzzing of an Israeli drone overhead and the dull thump of distant airstrikes. The day after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah came into effect, the drone was gone and southern Lebanon’s second largest city was filled with the sound of hammering and the clang of excavator buckets lifting rubble from blocked streets.“We
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