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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kareem Chehayeb

Tyre in southern Lebanon marks Muharram holy month after destruction from Israel-Hezbollah war

APTOPIX Lebanon Ashoura - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Wearing a yellow scarf showing her son killed fighting for Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, Iman Dilbani wept during a religious sermon Friday in the battered southern city of Tyre during the Islamic holy month of Muharram.

Tyre, Lebanon’s fourth largest city, has been devastated by the Israel-Hezbollah war that reached a reported ceasefire Friday, with damaged buildings and structures reduced to rubble seen on almost every street following intense Israeli airstrikes.

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