{"id":116935,"date":"2024-10-22T04:29:12","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T21:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=116935"},"modified":"2024-10-22T04:29:12","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T21:29:12","slug":"the-beirut-suburb-bearing-the-brunt-of-israeli-bombing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=116935","title":{"rendered":"The Beirut suburb bearing the brunt of Israeli bombing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 ejjhCR\">\n<div data-testid=\"hero-image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/87d2\/live\/763a69e0-8f75-11ef-8e6d-e3e64e16c628.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/87d2\/live\/763a69e0-8f75-11ef-8e6d-e3e64e16c628.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/87d2\/live\/763a69e0-8f75-11ef-8e6d-e3e64e16c628.jpg.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/87d2\/live\/763a69e0-8f75-11ef-8e6d-e3e64e16c628.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/87d2\/live\/763a69e0-8f75-11ef-8e6d-e3e64e16c628.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/87d2\/live\/763a69e0-8f75-11ef-8e6d-e3e64e16c628.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/87d2\/live\/763a69e0-8f75-11ef-8e6d-e3e64e16c628.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/87d2\/live\/763a69e0-8f75-11ef-8e6d-e3e64e16c628.jpg.webp\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Joel Gunter\/BBC An air strike on the edge of the Dahieh area that completely destroyed one building and damaged adjacent buildings, including a large gynaecology clinic\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">Joel Gunter\/BBC<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">An air strike on the edge of the Dahieh area that completely destroyed one building and damaged adjacent buildings, including a large gynaecology clinic<!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\"><b id=\"the-air-strike-that-killed-the-hezbollah-leader-hassan-nasrallah-shook-the-earth-for-hundreds-of-metres-in-every-direction.\" class=\"sc-7dcfb11b-0 kVRnKf\">The air strike that killed the Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah shook the earth for hundreds of metres in every direction. <!-- --><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">A few blocks away, in the Beirut suburb known as the Dahieh, Mehdi Moussawi thought his own building was falling down.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">From his balcony, the 45-year-old taxi driver and his wife Zahraa \u2013 who asked that their names be changed for this story \u2013 watched as a thick blanket of smoke and dust enveloped everything around them. In the distance, they could hear debris raining down, and overhead the familiar buzz of an Israeli drone.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The drones had become so common over Dahieh in the previous few days that they barely noticed them anymore. A majority Shia suburb in the south of Beirut, Dahieh was once again under Israel\u2019s watchful eye; its more than half a million residents again under threat of death from above.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201cThe missiles come down from the sky,\u201d Mehdi said, gesturing the arc of a projectile falling to earth, \u201cand suddenly everything you have is gone.\u201d<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He was sitting on a dirty, sun-baked patch of pavement on the edge of Martyrs\u2019 Square in central Beirut \u2013 now home for the couple and their teenage boys. Around them were hundreds of others in similar circumstances, many from Dahieh. The suburb has borne the brunt of the recent Israeli bombing of Beirut, prompting a mass exodus of virtually its entire population.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 jFCfG\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/255d\/live\/3a07b960-8f38-11ef-aa82-4d2a3ab7671f.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/255d\/live\/3a07b960-8f38-11ef-aa82-4d2a3ab7671f.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/255d\/live\/3a07b960-8f38-11ef-aa82-4d2a3ab7671f.jpg.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/255d\/live\/3a07b960-8f38-11ef-aa82-4d2a3ab7671f.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/255d\/live\/3a07b960-8f38-11ef-aa82-4d2a3ab7671f.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/255d\/live\/3a07b960-8f38-11ef-aa82-4d2a3ab7671f.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/255d\/live\/3a07b960-8f38-11ef-aa82-4d2a3ab7671f.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/255d\/live\/3a07b960-8f38-11ef-aa82-4d2a3ab7671f.jpg.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Getty Images A man sits looking out to rubble\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">The aftermath of the strike that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, flattening four residential buildings in the process<!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Dahieh is largely under the control of Hezbollah, the Iran-backed political and paramilitary group that is a powerful force across Lebanon. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Hezbollah refused requests from the BBC for permission to enter the suburb for this story, to see the bomb damage, but a BBC analysis of video footage, Israeli evacuation warnings and recent satellite imagery shows at least 65 air strikes which have severely damaged or completely destroyed buildings. Some of those strikes have comprised dozens of individual bombs, and many have levelled not only the apparent target building but destroyed or severely damaged several adjacent buildings too.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">This was the fate of Mehdi and Zahraa\u2019s apartment \u2013 to be next door to an Israeli strike. Zahraa wept when she saw footage of their blackened and mangled building. \u201cLook at us,\u201d she pleaded. \u201cOur home is gone. We have no hygiene, we cannot wash. We have nothing.\u201d<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 jFCfG\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/a09a\/live\/deeab9b0-8e1f-11ef-b3c2-754b6219680e.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/a09a\/live\/deeab9b0-8e1f-11ef-b3c2-754b6219680e.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/a09a\/live\/deeab9b0-8e1f-11ef-b3c2-754b6219680e.jpg.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/a09a\/live\/deeab9b0-8e1f-11ef-b3c2-754b6219680e.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/a09a\/live\/deeab9b0-8e1f-11ef-b3c2-754b6219680e.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/a09a\/live\/deeab9b0-8e1f-11ef-b3c2-754b6219680e.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/a09a\/live\/deeab9b0-8e1f-11ef-b3c2-754b6219680e.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/a09a\/live\/deeab9b0-8e1f-11ef-b3c2-754b6219680e.jpg.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"The damage to Mehdi and Zahraa's apartment, to the right of the image, was captured by someone filming following the strike.\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">The damage to Mehdi and Zahraa&#8217;s apartment was captured by someone filming following the strike<!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Dahieh is often described as a Hezbollah stronghold. The term does not reflect the totality of the suburb \u2013 a densely packed residential area where other political parties operate and where not everyone supports Hezbollah \u2013 but the group is certainly the strongest force there. Above ground, it is woven through the suburb\u2019s social and political fabric, and provides services like welfare and education. Below, it has bunkers and tunnels from which it can operate. <!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The IDF has targeted Dahieh in order to assassinate Hezbollah leaders, and says the group uses its bunkers to store weapons among the civilian population. It says it is targeting Hezbollah in order to safely return 60,000 of its own citizens to the north of Israel, which has come under rocket fire from Lebanon over the past year. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Unlike other parts of Beirut, Dahieh doesn\u2019t have its own name, as such \u2013 the word simply means \u2018suburb\u2019. It is one of the most densely populated residential areas in all of Lebanon \u2013 a place of narrow streets and alleyways, where buildings seem to jostle for available space. It was heavily bombed in the previous war, back in 2006, and still bears scars from it.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><h2 class=\"sc-518485e5-0 kRvAla\">Israeli strikes hit Dahieh<!-- --><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 gfTVSf\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/11ce\/live\/5e46c500-8fba-11ef-8e6d-e3e64e16c628.png.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/11ce\/live\/5e46c500-8fba-11ef-8e6d-e3e64e16c628.png.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/11ce\/live\/5e46c500-8fba-11ef-8e6d-e3e64e16c628.png.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/11ce\/live\/5e46c500-8fba-11ef-8e6d-e3e64e16c628.png.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/11ce\/live\/5e46c500-8fba-11ef-8e6d-e3e64e16c628.png.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/11ce\/live\/5e46c500-8fba-11ef-8e6d-e3e64e16c628.png.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/11ce\/live\/5e46c500-8fba-11ef-8e6d-e3e64e16c628.png.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/11ce\/live\/5e46c500-8fba-11ef-8e6d-e3e64e16c628.png.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A map showing the population density of Beirut. The neighbourhood of Dahieh in the south of Beirut appears as a dark red area, indicating a densely-populated suburb.\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201cDahieh was originally a very beautiful place but all the wars have taken their toll,\u201d said Rasha al-Ameer, a novelist and publisher who was born and raised in the suburb and still lives there. Her brother, a prominent critic of Hezbollah, was assassinated in Lebanon in 2021.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201cIt is still a very vivid place and a diverse place. We have a cultural institution there and a lot of political activity,\u201d she said. \u201cIt would be a terrible thing if Dahieh was destroyed. Though the bombing has destroyed much already.\u201d<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">As well as homes, the Israeli air strikes have destroyed or damaged shops, businesses, restaurants and clinics. \u201cDestruction on destruction,\u201d said Mohaned Khalaf, a 45-year-old Sunni Muslim bakery worker, of his street in Burj El Brajneh, the most heavily targeted part of the suburb.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 jFCfG\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/ba6f\/live\/87530440-8f38-11ef-aa82-4d2a3ab7671f.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/ba6f\/live\/87530440-8f38-11ef-aa82-4d2a3ab7671f.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/ba6f\/live\/87530440-8f38-11ef-aa82-4d2a3ab7671f.jpg.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/ba6f\/live\/87530440-8f38-11ef-aa82-4d2a3ab7671f.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/ba6f\/live\/87530440-8f38-11ef-aa82-4d2a3ab7671f.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/ba6f\/live\/87530440-8f38-11ef-aa82-4d2a3ab7671f.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/ba6f\/live\/87530440-8f38-11ef-aa82-4d2a3ab7671f.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/ba6f\/live\/87530440-8f38-11ef-aa82-4d2a3ab7671f.jpg.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Reuters A damaged vehicle lies amid  rubble after an air strike in the Chiyah area of Dahieh. \" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">Reuters<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">A damaged vehicle lies amid rubble after an air strike in the Chiyah area of Dahieh<!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Khalaf, already a refugee once, from Syria, has gone back into Dahieh periodically to check on the apartment he shares with his two brothers and their mother, to see if his furniture remains. \u201cThe buildings around ours have been destroyed,\u201d he said. \u201cThere is no life left there, not a person to be seen.\u201d<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The destruction has tested some Dahieh residents\u2019 patience with Hezbollah \u2013 particularly Sunnis and other non-Shias. \u201cThis war is hurting everyone,\u201d said Khalaf\u2019s mother, Sameera, who wept on the street. \u201cI am 63 years old,\u201d she said. \u201cI just want a place where I can wash.\u201d<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Sameera does not want to return to Dahieh, even after the war. \u201cYes, we could go back and rebuild, but Hezbollah and Israel will fight this war over and over again,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd Dahieh will suffer again.\u201d<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Shia Muslims, Hezbollah\u2019s more natural support base, took a more supportive view \u2013 even those whose lives had been completely upended by the conflict. Members of Hezbollah had handed out food and $100 bills to displaced Shia families on the streets in central Beirut, several families said, and helped assist with shelter places.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201cWe used to support Hezbollah and we still support Hezbollah,\u201d said Gharib Ali, a 61-year-old janitor who fled the suburb. Around him, his family nodded in agreement. The effect of the war on their lives \u201cchanges nothing for the Shia community,\u201d he said. \u201cIf anything, it only increases our support. Every Shia feels the same.\u201d<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 jFCfG\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/d87d\/live\/9f1c3060-8f38-11ef-aa82-4d2a3ab7671f.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/d87d\/live\/9f1c3060-8f38-11ef-aa82-4d2a3ab7671f.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/d87d\/live\/9f1c3060-8f38-11ef-aa82-4d2a3ab7671f.jpg.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/d87d\/live\/9f1c3060-8f38-11ef-aa82-4d2a3ab7671f.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/d87d\/live\/9f1c3060-8f38-11ef-aa82-4d2a3ab7671f.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/d87d\/live\/9f1c3060-8f38-11ef-aa82-4d2a3ab7671f.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/d87d\/live\/9f1c3060-8f38-11ef-aa82-4d2a3ab7671f.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/d87d\/live\/9f1c3060-8f38-11ef-aa82-4d2a3ab7671f.jpg.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"EPA Signs at the entrance to part of the Dahieh warn it is dangerous to enter or take photographs without permission from Hezbollah.\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">EPA<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">Signs at the entrance to part of the Dahieh warn it is dangerous to enter or take photographs without permission from Hezbollah<!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In this way, Mehdi and Zahraa may be something of an outlier \u2013 a Lebanese Shia couple, residents of Dahieh for decades, who were critical of Hezbollah for its role in the conflict.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201cDahieh is not Hezbollah, we are not Hezbollah, our building was not Hezbollah,\u201d Zahraa said, angrily. \u201cWe went to sleep one night and woke up in someone else\u2019s war.\u201d<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The family\u2019s apartment is now uninhabitable, though the building may be salvageable. The Israeli army has sometimes issued social media warnings ahead of its air strikes, but there was no warning for the strike that hit Mehdi and Zahraa\u2019s building. Their eldest son had gone home that day to shower, taking advantage of a seemingly quiet moment, and was knocked over and cut by flying glass when the bomb hit.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">International humanitarian law generally requires an effective advance warning ahead of a strike that might affect civilians. But the BBC has found evidence of repeated Israeli strikes against Dahieh and other parts of Beirut where no warning was issued. And where there were warnings, some have been sent as little as 30 minutes beforehand, sometimes in the middle of the night.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201cThat timeframe is not an effective advance warning for someone who lives in Dahieh,\u201d said Ramzi Keiss, a Lebanon researcher at Human Rights Watch. \u201cThese are people are sleeping, they\u2019re in their beds. They are not looking at social media.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Hezbollah was also possibly violating international humanitarian law, Keiss said, by placing its military commanders in and around the civilian population. \u201cBut that doesn\u2019t give you a free pass to bomb as heavily as you can,\u201d he added, referring to Israel. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201cWhen you\u2019re using 2000lbs in densely populated areas, you\u2019re going to put civilians at the risk of great harm.\u201d<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Lebanese officials estimate that more than 2,400 people have been killed in the country over the past year and more than 1.2 million been displaced. Israel says 59 people have been killed in northern Israel and the occupied Golan Heights over the same period.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 jFCfG\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/cf65\/live\/815cac60-8deb-11ef-8e6d-e3e64e16c628.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/cf65\/live\/815cac60-8deb-11ef-8e6d-e3e64e16c628.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/cf65\/live\/815cac60-8deb-11ef-8e6d-e3e64e16c628.jpg.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/cf65\/live\/815cac60-8deb-11ef-8e6d-e3e64e16c628.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/cf65\/live\/815cac60-8deb-11ef-8e6d-e3e64e16c628.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/cf65\/live\/815cac60-8deb-11ef-8e6d-e3e64e16c628.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/cf65\/live\/815cac60-8deb-11ef-8e6d-e3e64e16c628.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/cf65\/live\/815cac60-8deb-11ef-8e6d-e3e64e16c628.jpg.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Reuters A cloud of smoke rises over Dahieh after a strike. Israel has bombed the suburb at least 54 times over the past few weeks.\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">Reuters<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">A cloud of smoke rises over Dahieh after a strike. Israel has bombed the suburb at least 54 times over the past few weeks<!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Back in the 2006 war, after Israel had pounded Dahieh and heavily bombed Lebanon\u2019s civilian infrastructure, a senior IDF officer, Lieutenant General Gadi Eisenkot, sketched out what would become known as the \u201cDahieh doctrine\u201d. It called for applying \u201cdisproportionate force\u201d against civilian areas, with the goal of pressuring the people of Lebanon to turn on Hezbollah.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The recent escalation by Israel had gone \u201cbeyond Dahieh doctrine\u201d, said Prof Amal Saad, an expert on Hezbollah and lecturer in politics at Cardiff University. \u201cThis is more like Gaza doctrine, which is similar, but has the goal of specifically targeting and displacing a community.\u201d <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In Dahieh, Israel\u2019s actions were currently \u201csomewhere between its Dahieh and Gaza doctrines\u201d, she said.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The destruction would not bring about, as the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly expressed hope for, a reduction in support for Hezbollah in places like Dahieh, Prof Saad said.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201cWhenever Israel invades like this, it only increases support for Hezbollah among Shias,\u201d she said. \u201cAfter 2006, support skyrocketed. I don\u2019t know much higher it can go now than 90%, but this will solidify it.\u201d<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 jFCfG\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/1ae0\/live\/f98f8dd0-8f38-11ef-aa82-4d2a3ab7671f.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/1ae0\/live\/f98f8dd0-8f38-11ef-aa82-4d2a3ab7671f.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/1ae0\/live\/f98f8dd0-8f38-11ef-aa82-4d2a3ab7671f.jpg.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/1ae0\/live\/f98f8dd0-8f38-11ef-aa82-4d2a3ab7671f.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/1ae0\/live\/f98f8dd0-8f38-11ef-aa82-4d2a3ab7671f.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/1ae0\/live\/f98f8dd0-8f38-11ef-aa82-4d2a3ab7671f.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/1ae0\/live\/f98f8dd0-8f38-11ef-aa82-4d2a3ab7671f.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/1ae0\/live\/f98f8dd0-8f38-11ef-aa82-4d2a3ab7671f.jpg.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"EPA An image of a Hezbollah fighter is displayed on the rubble following an Israeli strike on the suburb.\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">EPA<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">An image of a Hezbollah fighter is displayed on the rubble following an Israeli strike on the suburb<!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Two weeks after the bombing of Dahieh began, the air strikes ceased unexpectedly, following pressure from the US government, which said it had made it clear to Israel it was unhappy with the \u201cscope and nature\u201d of the targeting of Beirut.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">One day passed without any strikes, then another, then another. After three days, residents began returning on Monday and Tuesday to check on their apartments and retrieve possessions. Among them was Mehdi, who took his eldest son\u2019s scooter and headed back into the devastated area around their building to grab clothes for the boys.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Then, early on Wednesday morning, Israel began bombing Dahieh again. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201cWe knew it was only a matter of time,\u201d said Mehdi. He was sitting with Zahraa and the boys, a few hours after the strikes resumed, on the street by their makeshift tent, which was really just two rugs thrown over an improvised frame.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Towering over them was an upscale, new, and completely empty apartment building. It bore a similar name to their apartment building, Zahraa said. \u201cBut for the cost of one of these apartments you could buy an entire neighbourhood in Dahieh,\u201d she said.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">They would go back and rebuild, she said. She raised her arms in a mock bicep curl, to demonstrate the strength of the people from the Dahieh. \u201cWe have no choice,\u201d Mehdi said. \u201cSome people have choices, we don\u2019t.\u201d<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">They would return the moment the ceasefire was announced, he said. He knew that there would be no electicity, no water, and no windows in the buildings. But it was still better than being on the street. Overhead, an Israeli drone was buzzing. Mehdi looked up at the empty apartments across the street, and down at the tent they were sleeping under. \u201cGod willing, the ceasefire will come before the rain,\u201d he said.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\"><i id=\"joanna-mazjoub-contributed-to-this-report.-paul-brown-contributed-research.\" class=\"sc-7dcfb11b-0 kKcaog\">Joanna Mazjoub contributed to this report. 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