After fighting erupted once again between Hezbollah and Israel last month after the killing of Iran’s supreme leader, Israel launched a bombing campaign and ground invasion of southern Lebanon, displacing more than 1.2 million people and killing more than 2,000. Israel says it will occupy swathes of southern Lebanon and that homes near its so-called buffer zone will be destroyed ‘in accordance with the Rafah and Beit Hanoun model in Gaza’, prompting fears of long-term displacement. The Israeli military has said it is targeting Hezbollah infrastructure such as tunnels and military facilities, which it claims the armed group has embedded in civilian homes. Ghia Hajo, who was displaced from her home near Tyre on 2 March alongside her family, does not know when she will be able to return home. Will Christou, who reports from Lebanon for the Guardian, asks what the future might look like for the country and people like Ghia
