Michael Safi was in Lebanon in the summertime, when it was on the point of struggle between Israel and Hezbollah, probably the most highly effective drive within the nation. Months later, in October, Israeli troops invaded Lebanon amid a wave of airstrikes and assassinations of high Hezbollah leaders and commanders.
Michael returned this month and visited destroyed villages in southern Lebanon as civilians had been returning to their houses. On the bottom, it appeared the Israeli army had a political technique too: splintering Lebanese society by driving a wedge between the group that historically helps Hezbollah and all people else.
The journalist Hassan Harfoush says the struggle has left many Shia Lebanese folks feeling bitterly divided from the remainder of the nation, whereas activists comparable to Paul Najjar counsel Lebanon is on the verge of a hopeful new period