LEBANON ISRAEL CONFLICT

Roman Catholic church affected by the conflict in Yaroun village, southern Lebanon

epa11427845 The damaged Saint Georgios Church in Yaroun, southern Lebanon, 21 June 2024. St. Georgios Church is a Roman Catholic church in the town of Yaroun, built in 1923. According to local residence in the village, the church was affected by several Israeli artillery shelling, the last of which was 10 days ago, leaving the building severely damaged. Yaroun lies on the Israeli?Lebanese border, overlooking Dovev and Avivim on the Israeli side. Yaron is a mixed Christian-Muslim town that, until the 1950s, had a Christian majority before the majority became Islamic (Shiite). Now, Christian residents abandoned the town to safer neighboring villages, and only Muslim families remained. EPA/STR

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