PHOTOS: Civil defence workers search through rubble in southern Lebanon

Published May 21, 2026 Updated May 21, 2026 09:23am
An elderly woman walks past Lebanese civil defence workers searching through the rubble in the southern Lebanese village of Deir Qanun al-Nahr on May 20, 2026. —AFP
An elderly woman walks past Lebanese civil defence workers searching through the rubble in the southern Lebanese village of Deir Qanun al-Nahr on May 20, 2026. —AFP
Lebanese civil defence workers search through the rubble in the southern Lebanese village of Deir Qanun al-Nahr on May 20, 2026. —AFP
Lebanese civil defence workers search through the rubble in the southern Lebanese village of Deir Qanun al-Nahr on May 20, 2026. —AFP
Ghida Krisht and Wael Sabbagh inspect the rubble of a building destroyed by an Israeli strike in Beirut’s Tallet el-Khayyet neighbourhood on May 18, 2026. —AFP
Ghida Krisht and Wael Sabbagh inspect the rubble of a building destroyed by an Israeli strike in Beirut’s Tallet el-Khayyet neighbourhood on May 18, 2026. —AFP
Lebanese civil defence workers search through the rubble in the southern Lebanese village of Deir Qanun al-Nahr on May 20, 2026. —AFP
Lebanese civil defence workers search through the rubble in the southern Lebanese village of Deir Qanun al-Nahr on May 20, 2026. —AFP

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