Cover image: In Hezbollah-controlled areas, war with Israel comes at a price © France 24

In Beirut's Hezbollah-controlled suburbs, war with Israel comes at a price for residents

· France 24

Escalation in the regional conflict on June 7 was triggered by a deadly Israeli strike on the South Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh, a neighbourhood governed by the Islamist militant group Hezbollah, Israel’s declared enemy in this war. A team of France 24 journalists went there the following day to gauge the atmosphere.The team was forbidden from showing the locals' faces without explicit consent as some feared that they could become targets.