Residents barred from Lebanon amid Israeli war use satellite images to check on homes

NPR | By Jane Arraf

Published May 25, 2026 at 4:02 PM EDT

Residents of a village in southern Lebanon have resorted to buying satellite images to find out whether their homes have been destroyed by Israel.

Jane Arraf

Jane Arraf covers Egypt, Iraq, and other parts of the Middle East for NPR News.

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