LEBANON – Israel has been pounding the Lebanese capital of Beirut and other areas in the south of the country at an unprecedented intensity since escalating its war against the Iran-backed paramilitary group Hezbollah. The Israeli strikes have often targeted crowded areas, leveling residential buildings, killing more than 1,400 people and displacing over 1 million others, according to the Lebanese government. Israel’s military accuses Hezbollah of intentionally embedding itself within the civilian population, and says it is striking weapons stores and other key infrastructure for the militant group.

Photo: A view of the wreckage of a residential area following the Israeli airstrikes on the neighborhoods of Ras Al Naba’a and Basta Al Fawqa, in Beirut …[+]