Lebanon

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

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

People watch a building collapse after being hit by an Israeli airstrike in Ghobeiri, Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday. Bilal Hussein/AP hide caption

Peacekeepers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) man an observation point along what's called the Blue Line on the border between Lebanon and Israel, near the southern Lebanese town of Marwahin, on Oct. 12, 2023. Christina Assi/AFP via Getty Images hide caption