Church bells and bursts of gunfire echoed across the valley as hundreds gathered for funeral prayers on Tuesday for a Lebanese Christian party official known for his anti-Hezbollah stance and his wife who were killed in an Israeli airstrike over the weekend.
The case has become a touchpoint for tensions in Lebanon, which is deeply divided over the ongoing war between Israel and the Iranian-backed Lebanese militant Hezbollah group that's part of the larger Iran war spasming the Middle East and beyond.
