For months after the Israel-Hezbollah war that devastated southern Lebanon, the Alawieh family would visit a hillside near their ruined home to catch whatever glimpse they could of what remained. Their olive trees were gone, so were their goats, and the lemon and fig orchards that had taken years to bear fruit. Their house was just a pile of rubble. Israel had agreed to a January 26 deadline to withdraw its remaining forces from southern Lebanon. Mousa Alawieh, a 45-year-old metal worker, had been displaced for more than a year and was struggling to make ends meet. He had hoped to salvage whatever possessions he could from the wreckage, family members said.
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