Lebanon ceasefire lifts veil on scale of destruction and trauma

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A ceasefire in Lebanon has revealed the extensive destruction and trauma caused by Israeli air strikes targeting Hezbollah in the southern city of Tyre. This interim calm between Iran and the United States highlights the conflict's deep impact on civilians and infrastructure.

By Jihed Abidellaoui and Zohra Bensemra TYRE, Lebanon, June 17 (Reuters) - In the dimly lit hospital room where he has lived for months, Youssef Fares broke down in tears as he spoke of his home in the historic southern Lebanese city of Tyre - now a pile of rubble and rebar after Israeli strikes during a three-month war. An interim agreement between Iran and the United States has brought relative calm to Lebanon - but it has also revealed the full scale of destruction wreaked by Israel's air campaign, which it said was aimed at armed group Hezbollah.