Temporary cemetery in south Lebanon holds bodies as families unable to return home for burials

Ana Maria Rus

(12 May 2026) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Haret Saida, Lebanon - 12 May 2026 1. Various of graves at the temporary cemeteries 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Tamara Hassan, woman with relative buried in the temporary cemetery: “(People) are not able to reach their villages to bury (their loved ones). We have to bury them in areas we can reach, like in Sidon or in Beirut. That’s where they’re being buried, because they can’t reach their villages. It is so difficult when you can’t bury your son