The death of a Lebanese village

The death of a Lebanese villageSign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inboxBuildings destroyed during an Israeli military operation lie in ruins near the border with Israel, in Kfar Kila, southern Lebanon, on Feb 19.PHOTO: REUTERSPublished Apr 30, 2026, 02:13 PMUpdated Apr 30, 2026, 03:37 PMListenBEIRUT – In a parking lot strewn with rubbish near Beirut’s Mediterranean coast, Mr Hassan Yahya has taped a cardboard sign to a traffic signal pole beside the tarp tent that now serves as his home.“Kfar Kila welcomes you,” read the lines scrawled in thin pen. The flimsy board recalls a signpost that once stood dozens of miles away at the entrance of the centuries-old village of that name.

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