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A billboard displays portraits of Hamas leaders Mohammed Deif and Ismail Haniyeh with the word "assassinated" in Hebrew, in Tel Aviv, Aug. 2, 2024. Oren Ziv/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike on Dahiyeh, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday. Hassan Ammar/AP hide caption
Smoke billows from the site of Israeli artillery shelling that targeted the area of the southern Lebanese village of Yohmor on Saturday. Rabih Daher/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Lebanese citizens return to their homes heavily damaged by Israeli attacks, after Israeli forces withdraw from the area in An-Naqoura, Lebanon, on Thursday. Ramiz Dallah/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption
For years, the hatching of sea turtles has attracted curious viewers from all over Lebanon, but on Sept. 8, 2024, only a handful made it to the Mansouri Beach in Tyre, despite attacks by Israel on the southern border. Tamara Saade for NPR hide caption
In the shadow of war, volunteers save endangered sea turtles on Lebanon's beaches
Palestinians celebrate in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's announcement of hostage deal between Israel and Hamas on Wednesday. Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption
Here's what's in the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas
People gather to celebrate after Lebanese parliament elects army chief Joseph Aoun new president, on Thursday, in Beirut, Lebanon. Houssam Shbaro/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption
Lebanon chooses new president after two years without one
Lebanese officials say eight people were killed in an October airstrike on this 19th century Greek Catholic church in the village of Derdghaya. The Israeli military confirmed the airstrike, but said it was targeting terrorists who it says embed near or beneath cultural heritage sites. Ayman Oghanna for NPR hide caption
Suleil Hamawi is pictured at home. He spent 32 years in prison in Syria before being freed after Bashar al-Assad's ouster. Emily Feng/NPR hide caption
After 32 years and 5 days, a father and son reunite after Syrian prisoners are freed
Khalil Moussa Shoumar, 55, stands in the rubble of his home. Shoumar is an auto parts seller whose house in Nabatieh was destroyed by Israeli airstrikes twice, first in 2006 and again in October. Ayman Oghanna for NPR hide caption
What Syria means for Hezbollah's efforts to rebuild Lebanon
Rafaat Nasrallah smokes a cigarette in his village on the Syria-Lebanon border. "We are at the border," he says, "our roads lead to Syria, because for us Syria is my country as well as Lebanon." Ayman Oghanna for NPR hide caption
Residents walk in the southern Lebanese village of Zibqin on Wednesday, as people who had fled the war between Israel and Hezbollah returned to check on their homes after a ceasefire took effect. Anwar Amro/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A first responder looks for survivors at the scene of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a building in a southern suburb of Beirut on Tuesday. -/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Jad Deeb, center, and other first responder volunteers talk on the balcony of their office in Beirut. One of his colleagues affixes a patch to Deeb's shirt, indicating his blood type. Ali Khara for NPR hide caption
Maggie Shaarawi, vice president of Animals Lebanon, tries to calm Sara the lion cub in Beirut before the animal is transferred out of the country, on Thursday. Ali Khara for NPR hide caption
Amid airstrikes, an animal rescue mission in Lebanon sends a baby lion cub to safety
A worker from Thailand rests after he was evacuated from Metula following a rocket strike from Lebanon that killed four laborers from Thailand and one Israeli citizen on Oct. 31 in Kfar Yuval, Israel. Amir Levy/Getty Images hide caption
Tarek Khoury, 40, is one of the Ashrafieh neighborhood watch guards in Beirut, who has an eye out not just for theft and attempted break-ins, but also for anyone suspicious who may be among the displaced. Ali Khara for NPR hide caption
Lebanese Red Cross volunteers and other rescuers search for victims at a house that was hit in an Israeli airstrike in Baalchmay village east of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. Hassan Ammar/AP hide caption
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an area on the outskirts of the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek, in the Bekaa Valley, on Thursday. Nidal Solh/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militant group in Lebanon, has chosen Naim Kassem as its new leader. Bilal Hussein/AP hide caption
Ivana Likbiri, an 18-month-old Lebanese baby who got injured during an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon, is hospitalized at Geitaoui Hospital's burn unit, in Beirut, on Oct. 18. Ali Khara for NPR hide caption
Israeli police and rescue services inspect the site where a truck driver rammed into a bus stop near an army base, wounding dozens of people, according to Israel's Magen David Adom rescue service in Ramat Hasharon, Israel, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. Oded Balilty/AP/AP hide caption