Dahiya Revives After 3-Month Israel-Hezbollah Fighting, as US-Brokered Deal Takes Hold
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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 28
Dahiya Revives After 3-Month Israel-Hezbollah Fighting, as US-Brokered Deal Takes Hold
1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 28
Summary
Traffic jams, reopened bakeries and late-night World Cup crowds have returned to Dahiya, signaling a rapid revival in Beirut’s Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs after months of war disruption.
More than 3 months of Israel-Hezbollah fighting had emptied the densely populated area through airstrikes, evacuation warnings and the flight of tens of thousands of residents.
A U.S.-brokered preliminary deal between Israel and Lebanon, together with a series of stop-and-start cease-fires, has allowed residents and businesses to come back even as rubble still lines damaged streets.
Dahiya was hit by the first Israeli strikes on Beirut in early March after Hezbollah fired at Israel in response to the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, underscoring how quickly a frontline district is trying to resume normal life.