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  • Dabboussiyeh border, July 14, 2006.One of 2 border passages still open between Syria and Lebanon under attack. Thousands of people try to cross the border to Syria amidst undescriptible chaos, Syrian workers, Lebanese families and foreign tourists trying to escape the looming war.

  • Dabboussiyeh border, July 14, 2006.One of 2 border passages still open between Syria and Lebanon under attack. Thousands of people try to cross the border to Syria amidst undescriptible chaos, Syrian workers, Lebanese families and foreign tourists trying to escape the looming war.

  • Beirut, July 15, 2006.Municipality workers have already cleaned up the ruble from a road overpass destroyed 24 hours earlier in Ghobeiri by an Israeli air attack.

  • Beirut, Lebanon, July 16 2006.Hareit Hreik, Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut has been heavily damaged by Israeli bombs, 10 storeys buildings have been reduced to rubles...

  • Beirut, Lebanon, July 16 2006.Thousands of families from the south or from exposed part of the city have taken refuge in the city schools, the solidarity of the Lebanese people is incredible, offering food, water and supplies with great generosity...

  • Beirut, Lebanon, July 16 2006.Jouneyeh public parc, refugee families shortly before being transfered to a nearby school for shelter by local officials.

  • Beirut, Lebanon, July 16 2006.Jouneyeh public parc, refugee families shortly before being transfered to a nearby school for shelter by local officials.

  • Beirut, Lebanon, morning of July 17, 2006.A group of German nationals as well as European clients from German charter airline LTU anxiously waits for evacuation to Syria.

  • Kfar Chima, near Beirut, July 17, 2006.An Israeli Air Force F16 has alledgedly been shot down while bombing a group of Hezbollah owned trucks, at least one of these trucks contained a medium range ground to ground missile launcher.

  • Beirut, Lebanon, July 18 2006.The US are starting to evacuate some 5000 of their estimated 15000 nationals still blocked inside besieged Lebanon..On July 18, 120 'priority' cases were airlifted to Cyprus aboard US Marines CH53 helicopters.

  • Beirut, Lebanon, July 18 2006.The US are starting to evacuate some 5000 of their estimated 15000 nationals still blocked inside besieged Lebanon..On July 18, 120 'priority' cases were airlifted to Cyprus aboard US Marines CH53 helicopters.

  • Baakleen, Chouf, Lebanon, July 19 2006.Lammia Al Hussein, from Tyr. Approximately 665 refugees from South Lebanon stay in the Institute of Applied Science & Economics from the Lebanon University in Baakleen, they need almost everything, matrasses, clothes, food, soap...most of them have been there for a week.

  • Saida, Lebanon, July 19 2006.Oussama L'gosh, 36, evaluates the damage done to his shop by the Israeli Air Force bombardment of a group of civilian houses and shops in the southern outskirts of Saida, near the coastal road. There was no military or strategic target in the area.

  • Saida, Lebanon, July 19 2006.Ali Hassan, 20, tries to get fresh water from a pipe broken in the bombardment by Israeli Air Force of a group of civilian houses and shops in the southern outskirts of Saida, near the coastal road. There was no military or strategic target in the area.

  • Beirut, Lebanon, July 20 2006.India has diverted 4 destroyers from his Western Fleet, including its flagship I.N.S. Mumbai, to evacuate India nationals still blocked inside besieged Lebanon. more than 800 people, mostly workers, were processed and embarked to safety in an orderly fashion in just a few hours.

  • Beirut, Lebanon, July 20 2006.India has diverted 4 destroyers from his Western Fleet, including its flagship I.N.S. Mumbai, to evacuate India nationals still blocked inside besieged Lebanon. more than 800 people, mostly workers, were processed and embarked to safety in an orderly fashion in just a few hours.

  • Beirut, Lebanon, July 20 2006.Amongst many other countries, Italy has despatched its destroyer Luigi Durand De La Penne to Beirut in order to evacuate its nationals still blocked inside besieged Lebanon..

  • Saida, Lebanon, July 21 2006.Since the beginning of the recent conflict 10 days ago, the Israeli Air Force has been destroying important infrastuctures such as roads, bridges, gas stations, power pplants, etc. in Lebanon, especially in the south of the country leading to a important humanitarian crisis.

  • South Lebanon, July 21, 2006.Ten of thousands of refugees leave their homes and villages under the israeli bombardment to try and reach a relative safety in Beirut, in the montains or for the priviledged, abroad.

  • Tyr, Lebanon, July 21 2006.More than 80 Israeli bombardment victims' bodies have been kept in refrigerated trucks for several days by the Lebanese authorities to allow for identifications before being put in coffins labeled with their names and details to be buried in a mass grave nearby. Putting the bodies in their coffins proves a gruesome task as many victims are simply not recognizable, their bodies reduced to mere fragments by the power of the israeli bombs.

  • Tyr, Lebanon, July 21 2006.More than 80 Israeli bombardment victims' bodies have been kept in refrigerated trucks for several days by the Lebanese authorities to allow for identifications before being put in coffins labeled with their names and details to be buried in a mass grave nearby.

  • Tyr, Lebanon, July 21 2006.A relative comforts Mariama Abdallah, 50, who lost 12 persons from her family in the Israeli bombing of a minibus in Marwaheen, including her husband, several of her children and grandchildren. More than 80 Israeli bombardment victims' bodies have been kept in refrigerated trucks for several days by the Lebanese authorities to allow for identifications before being put in coffins labeled with their names and details to be buried in a mass grave nearby.

  • Tyr, Lebanon, July 21 2006.Mariama Abdallah,50, right, lost 12 persons from her family in the Israeli bombing of a minibus in Marwaheen, including her husband, several of her children and grandchildren. More than 80 Israeli bombardment victims' bodies have been kept in refrigerated trucks for several days by the Lebanese authorities to allow for identifications before being put in coffins labeled with their names and details to be buried in a mass grave nearby.

  • Tyr, Lebanon, July 21 2006.Amena, 34, with her son Hussein Shelhoub, 13, were wounded when their house collapsed as a result of an israeli air strike on their village. A piece of shrapnel went straight through Hussein's brain, he also suffered from severe abdominal bleeding, his mother suffers from face and body trauma.


  • South Lebanon, July 21, 2006.Ten of thousands of refugees leave their homes and villages under the israeli bombardment to try and reach a relative safety in Beirut, in the montains or for the priviledged, abroad. As this family drives through a dirt road to bypass a destroyed bridge on the main road, a large Israeli bomb explodes about a mile away.

  • Arida border post, Lebanon, July 31 2006.Last moments before entering Syria for safety...Farah, 1, from Jbaa village in South Lebanon, has fled with her family after their house was destroyed by an israeli bombardment.

  • near Naameh, Lebanon, Aug 1 2006.One of many bridges destroyed by the Israeli air force on the coastal highway, creating major problems for the population to leave the South as well as for humanitarian aid to reach the people who can't or won't leave their homes.

  • Rmadiyeh, south Lebanon, Aug 1 2006.About 80 inhabitants from this small village have decided to remain home in spite of Israel's continuous bombardment and shelling for the last 3 weeks, mainly "because they have nowhere else to go".

  • Rmadiyeh, south Lebanon, Aug 1 2006.The Burji, Adibi and Nasser families are sharing ressources in a single big house, about 80 inhabitants from this small village have decided to remain home in spite of Israel's continuous bombardments and shellings for the last 3 weeks, mainly "because they have nowhere else to go".

  • Tyr, Lebanon, Aug 1 2006.The lebanese army is digging 2 large mass graves, each big enough for about 100 people, next to the spot where 84 civilian bombardment victims where buried on July 21st.

  • Tyr, Lebanon, Aug 1 2006.Taking advantage of a 48 hours partial pause in the Israeli bombardment, in just one day, many ambulances and vans bring the bodies of more than 80 civilian vicitims of Israeli air strikes and shelling, mainly from remote villages virtually isolated from the beginning of the conflict. The bodies are then labeled and listed, and stocked into refrigerated trucks next to the Al Bas Goernment Hopital, before being buried in sevral large mass graves at the edge of the city.

  • Tyr, Lebanon, Aug 1 2006.Taking advantage of a 48 hours partial pause in the Israeli bombardment, in just one day, many ambulances and vans bring the bodies of more than 80 civilian vicitims of Israeli air strikes and shelling, mainly from remote villages virtually isolated from the beginning of the conflict. The bodies are then labeled and listed, and stocked into refrigerated trucks next to the Al Bas Goernment Hopital, before being buried in sevral large mass graves at the edge of the city.

  • Jiyé, Lebanon, Aug 1 2006.The powerplant fuel reserve was bombed by the Israeli air force at the beginning of the conflict, it is burning ever since, causing extensive air and sea pollutions.

  • Beirut, Lebanon, Aug. 2 2006.Almost 110 families, probably over 750 people have found shelter in the Lebanese University Business School building.

  • Beirut, Lebanon, Aug. 2 2006

  • Beirut, Lebanon, Aug 3 2006.Dahie neighbourhood. Israeli air force bombardments caused heavy damage on civilian infrastructure, but very little to prevent Hezbollah to control large areas of West Beirut.

  • Tyr, Lebanon, Aug 4 2006.Hajj Mariama school (St. Mary), Hundreds of refugees from Shatiyeh, a nearby village heavily bombarded by the Israeli arrived only with the clothes they were wearing as they fleeed their destroyed homes in a hurry.

  • Tyr, Lebanon, Aug 4 2006.Hajj Mariama school (St. Mary), Hundreds of refugees from Shatiyeh, a nearby village heavily bombarded by the Israeli arrived only with the clothes they were wearing as they fleeed their destroyed homes in a hurry. Subhaya Musilmeen, 90 has to sleep on a classroom concrete floor.

  • Tyr, Lebanon, Aug 4 2006.Adi Mansoori, 8, with his little brother Mahdi, 1. Hajj Mariama school (St. Mary), Hundreds of refugees from Shatiyeh, a nearby village heavily bombarded by the Israeli arrived only with the clothes they were wearing as they fleeed their destroyed homes in a hurry.

  • near Qana, Lebanon, Aug 4 2006.An Israeli missile hit two civilian cars on a mountain road, killing their occupants as they were fleeing their villages under attack..

  • Tyr, Lebanon, Aug 4 2006.Two Lebanese Red Cross ambulances were targeted by Israeli missiles near Qana, killing 2 patients onboard and wonunding two others seriously. The pilot obviously targeted the red cross painted on the roof, for what appears to be a deliberate war crime, according to the Geneva convention..

  • near Tyr, Lebanon, Aug 4 2006.A civilian car lies in a very large crater left by an Israeli bomb on the coastal road just north of Tyr..

  • Undisclosed, South Lebanon, Aug 5 2006.Injured Hezbollah fighters receive basic medical stabilizing treatment in a frontline small town's hospital before being evacuated by the Lebanese Red Cross to larger hospitals out of the combat zone. The faces of the fighters have been deliberately hidden at their request.

  • near Tebnine, Lebanon, Aug 5 2006.Lebanese Red Cross ambulances still evacuate civilians trapped in the war zone, almost 4 weeks after the beginning of the war.

  • Bent Jbeil, Lebanon, Aug 5 2006.The small town has been reduced to ruble after almost 4 weeks of continuous Israeli shelling and bombing.

  • Bent Jbeil, Aug 5 2006.An Israeli tank fired a shell at an abandonned car in the outskirts of Bent Jbeil, a simple 'pot shot' without any military value whatsoever, raising questions about the discipline of the Israeli troops as well as the quality of their tactics...

  • Tebnine, Aug 5 2006.Haniya Hakim, 63 from Shara, suffers from severe head trauma sustained during the destruction of her house by an Israeli bomb.

  • Undisclosed, Bekaa valley, Lebanon Aug 8 2006.One of probably thousands of hidden lookouts used by Hezbollah fighters to hide from Israeli drones and planes while observing and protecting villages and towns in the Bekaa valley..

  • Beirut, Lebanon, Aug 9 2006.Shiyah neighbourhood, Makhbar e Shahideen cemetery, the funeral of the 39 civilians, many of them women and children, killed on August 7th, when Israeli bombs levelled an appartment building in this non-Hezbollah suburb of Beirut, without any apparent reason.

  • Beirut, Lebanon, Aug 9 2006.Shiyah neighbourhood, Makhbar e Shahideen cemetery,A man collapses during the funeral of the 39 civilians, many of them women and children, killed on August 7th, when Israeli bombs levelled an appartment building in this non-Hezbollah suburb of Beirut, without any apparent reason.

  • Beirut, Lebanon, Aug 9 2006.Shiyah neighbourhood, Makhbar e Shahideen cemetery, The mass grave ready for the funeral of the 39 civilians, many of them women and children, killed on August 7th, when Israeli bombs levelled an appartment building in this non-Hezbollah suburb of Beirut, without any apparent reason.

  • Beirut, Lebanon, Aug 9 2006.Shiyah neighbourhood, Makhbar e Shahideen cemetery, Men carry their dead children and grandchildren during the funeral of the 39 civilians, many of them women and children, killed on August 7th, when Israeli bombs levelled an appartment building in this non-Hezbollah suburb of Beirut, without any apparent reason.

  • Beirut, Lebanon, Aug 9 2006.Shiyah neighbourhood, Makhbar e Shahideen cemetery, the funeral of the 39 civilians, many of them women and children, killed on August 7th, when Israeli bombs levelled an appartment building in this non-Hezbollah suburb of Beirut, without any apparent reason.

  • Beirut, Lebanon, Aug 9 2006.Shiyah neighbourhood, Makhbar e Shahideen cemetery, the funeral of the 39 civilians, many of them women and children, killed on August 7th, when Israeli bombs levelled an appartment building in this non-Hezbollah suburb of Beirut, without any apparent reason.

  • Beirut, Lebanon, Aug 9 2006.Shiyah neighbourhood, Makhbar e Shahideen cemetery, the funeral of the 39 civilians, many of them women and children, killed on August 7th, when Israeli bombs levelled an appartment building in this non-Hezbollah suburb of Beirut, without any apparent reason.

  • Beirut, Lebanon, Aug 10 2006.Hussein Mahdi, 9, has been very extensively burned all when an Israeli bomb destroyed his family home in Naqqurah. Lebanese Hospital (Geitaoui), Department 'des grands brulés' (severe burns cases). This private hospital receives some of the most critical burn victims from the ongoing war, mostly civilians.

  • Beirut, Lebanon, Aug 10 2006.Hussein Rida, 18, a accounting student in Bent Jbeil has been very extensively burned all when an Israeli bomb destroyed his family home in Aytashab. Lebanese Hospital (Geitaoui), Department 'des grands brulés' (severe burns cases). This private hospital receives some of the most critical burn victims from the ongoing war, mostly civilians.

  • Beirut, Lebanon, Aug 13 2006.Mrejéh, 14:45, panic stricken civilians in their building staircase as 20 heavy explosions from an intense Israeli Air Force bombing less than a kilometer away..

  • Beirut, Lebanon, Aug 13 2006.Mrejéh, 14:45, panic stricken civilians in their building staircase as 20 heavy explosions from an intense Israeli Air Force bombing less than a kilometer away..

  • Beirut, Lebanon, Aug 13 2006.Ahmad hassan Razik, 35, fears for his brother Haidar Razik, 40, who was working as the school maintenance engineer at the time of the blasts. A massive Israeli Air Force bombing destroyed 11 building blocks in the southern Beirut neighbouhood of Rwaiss, including the Imam Hassan school, totally levelled by more than 20 powerful bombs; more than 20 people, including children playing in the area are said to have lost their lives as a result of this 11th hour Israeli operation..

  • Beirut, Lebanon, Aug 13 2006.Rescuers unearth the body of a 9 year old girl from the rubble. A massive Israeli Air Force bombing raid destroyed 11 building blocks in the southern Beirut neighbouhood of Rwaiss, including the Imam Hassan school, totally levelled by more than 20 powerful bombs; more than 20 people, including children playing in the area are said to have lost their lives as a result of this 11th hour Israeli operation..

  • Beirut, Lebanon, Aug 13 2006.A massive Israeli Air Force bombing destroyed 11 building blocks in the southern Beirut neighbouhood of Rwaiss, including the Imam Hassan school, totally levelled by more than 20 powerful bombs; more than 20 people, including children playing in the area are said to have lost their lives as a result of this 11th hour Israeli operation..

  • Beirut, Lebanon, Aug 13 2006.Rescuers frantically search the rubble in the probably vain hope to find survivors. A massive Israeli Air Force bombing destroyed 11 building blocks in the southern Beirut neighbouhood of Rwaiss, including the Imam Hassan school, totally levelled by more than 20 powerful bombs; more than 20 people, including children playing in the area are said to have lost their lives as a result of this 11th hour Israeli operation..

  • Beirut, Lebanon, Aug 14 2006.Mere hours after the beginning of the cease-fire, thousands of inhabitants return to Hareit Hreik, the main Hezbollah stronghold in the capital, constantly targeted by Israeli air force bombing raids during 33 days and almost totally destroyed as a result.

  • Beirut, Lebanon, Aug 14 2006.A woman discovers her home is totally gone, levelled beyond recognition by the Israeli bombs. Mere hours after the beginning of the cease-fire, thousands of inhabitants return to Hareit Hreik, the main Hezbollah stronghold in the capital, constantly targeted by Israeli air force bombing raids during 33 days and almost totally destroyed as a result.

  • Beirut, Lebanon, Aug 14 2006.Hezbollah armed fighters controlling the area. Mere hours after the beginning of the cease-fire, thousands of inhabitants return to Hareit Hreik, the main Hezbollah stronghold in the capital, constantly targeted by Israeli air force bombing raids during 33 days and almost totally destroyed as a result.

  • Beirut, Lebanon, Aug 14 2006.Hezbollah armed fighters controlling the area. Mere hours after the beginning of the cease-fire, thousands of inhabitants return to Hareit Hreik, the main Hezbollah stronghold in the capital, constantly targeted by Israeli air force bombing raids during 33 days and almost totally destroyed as a result.

  • Beirut, Lebanon, Aug 14 2006.Zeina, 11, searches the rubble for family belongings with her mother Mariam Hassan Jinah and her father Khalil Tawil, 52. Their home was an appartment on the 9th floor of an 11 storey building, completely levelled by an Israeli air raid. Mere hours after the beginning of the cease-fire, thousands of inhabitants return to Hareit Hreik, the main Hezbollah stronghold in the capital, constantly targeted by Israeli air force bombing raids during 33 days and almost totally destroyed as a result.

  • Beirut, Lebanon, Aug 14 2006.The mood is jubilant as the Hezbollah is perceived to have come up the winner of the confrontation. Mere hours after the beginning of the cease-fire, thousands of inhabitants return to Hareit Hreik, the main Hezbollah stronghold in the capital, constantly targeted by Israeli air force bombing raids during 33 days and almost totally destroyed as a result.

  • Beirut, Lebanon, Aug 15 2006.The Hezbollah headquarters in Haret Hreik, a southern part of Beirut, have been flattened by 33 days of massive bombardment by the Israeli air force; nothing stands, some former streets have totally disappeared...

  • Beirut, Lebanon, Aug 15 2006.The Hezbollah headquarters in Haret Hreik, a southern part of Beirut, have been flattened by 33 days of massive bombardment by the Israeli air force; nothing stands, some former streets have totally disappeared...

  • Beirut, Lebanon, Aug 15 2006.The Hezbollah headquarters in Haret Hreik, a southern part of Beirut, have been flattened by 33 days of massive bombardment by the Israeli air force; nothing stands, some former streets have totally disappeared...

  • Beirut, Lebanon, Aug 15 2006.The Hezbollah headquarters in Haret Hreik, a southern part of Beirut, have been flattened by 33 days of massive bombardment by the Israeli air force; nothing stands, some former streets have totally disappeared...

  • Naameh, Lebanon, Aug 15 2006.Massive traffic jams are recorded all over the country as hundreds of thousands refugee have decided to try and return to their South Lebanon homes or whatever is left of them...the mood is jubilant as everyone considers Hezbollah and its leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, to have successfully resisted to the Israeli forces, stalling them for the first time in their 60 years history.

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