Part of a Crusader castle crumbled. An 18th century minaret felled. Church mosaics burned. Archaeologists are assessing damage to UNESCO World Heritage Sites from Israeli strikes on Lebanon and Syria.
Lebanese officials say eight people were killed in an October airstrike on this 19th century Greek Catholic church in the village of Derdghaya. The Israeli military confirmed the airstrike, but said it was targeting terrorists who it says embed near or beneath cultural heritage sites.TIBNIN CASTLE, Southern Lebanon — The walls of a limestone citadel towering over olive groves near the frontiers of Lebanon, Syria and Israel tell the history of various civilizations that ruled here.
The ruins were spared direct attack, but the surrounding city of Tyre — where Hezbollah still enjoys wide support — took a pounding from Israeli warplanes. Archaeologists have yet to X-ray the ancient columns for possible hairline fractures from the force of months of explosions around them, Ghazal says.Like Tibnin Castle, all of Tyre's archaeological ruins beyond the boundaries of the city's UNESCO World Heritage Site were among 34 sitesto the U.N.'s protection list on Nov. 18.
In a parking lot next to Baalbek's ancient Roman temples to Venus, Jupiter and Bacchus, there's a giant crater from an Israeli airstrike that destroyed a hotel and shop.Israel often issues civilian evacuation orders before it attacks. But in the village of Derdghaya, in Lebanon's south, local officials say a cluster of Israeli airstrikes hit on Oct.
"Google it! This is a famous mosque," says Najib Yasin, whose home across the street was damaged."And nobody has come to log the damage to our landmark — not the United Nations, not the government, not anyone."Since the ceasefire, Bajjaly has been traveling around to properties on Lebanon's national register of historic buildings to see if they're still standing.
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