A swing between two pines cordoned off with red and white tape is the first thing we see in this clearing among the hills of Kayfoun, in the Mount Lebanon area, 15 minutes from Beirut. A little further on, at the entrance to the bombed-out building, two pedal cars are piled one on top of the other, dusty and grimy.

“Children used to play here, down at the building. Is it normal for things to be this way? Is it normal that our children are in danger of dying at any moment?” says one of the men we meet, as he urges us to put on masks because he believes Israel used white phosphorus, like in many other air raids. In another airstrike in the area, in Souq el Gharb, a local Hezbollah member was killed together with his wife and three little girls. Everywhere it’s the same story.

The apartment targeted was on the fourth floor. The official death toll is six, with 13 injured, according to the latest figures from the Ministry of Health. “There was no one from the party. They’re hitting civilians,” people say in the square, which features the photo of General Fuad Shukr, Hezbollah's number two, who was killed in an........

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