Photos: Lebanon’s Catholics observe Palm Sunday under looming threat of war

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · Mar 29, 2026 · 322 words · By AP

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In Pictures Lebanon’s Catholics observe Palm Sunday under looming threat of war Lebanese Christians mark Palm Sunday with prayers, stressing shared hardships for all communities amid Israel’s war.

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As Christians gathered in churches across Lebanon on Palm Sunday to commemorate Jesus’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem, the escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah cast a sombre shadow over the celebrations.

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A Maronite Catholic church near Dahiyeh in Beirut’s southern suburbs was filled to capacity, despite its proximity to the once-bustling district – now largely deserted following Israeli evacuation orders and ongoing air strikes.

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Claim 1: “Lebanese Christians mark Palm Sunday with prayers, stressing shared hardships for all communities amid Israel’s war.”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel launched a war with surprise airstrikes on sites and cities across Iran, killing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and several other Iranian officials as we…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Arab Christians (Arabic: ﺍﻟْﻤَﺴِﻴﺤِﻴُّﻮﻥ ﺍﻟْﻌَﺮَﺏ, romanized: al-Masīḥiyyūn al-ʿArab) are the Arabs who adhere to Christianity. The number of Arab Christians who live in the Middle East was estimated …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict lists events from 1948 to the present. The Israeli–Palestinian conflict emerged from intercommunal conflict in Mandatory Palestine between Palestinian…
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Claim 2: “In the coastal city of Tyre in southern Lebanon, nearly cut off from the rest of the country by Israeli bombings that destroyed nearby bridges, church bells tolled, and choral music filled the air.”

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Claim 3: “Israeli troops have launched a ground invasion, advancing towards the Litani River.”

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Claim 4: “Hezbollah has claimed dozens of operations against Israeli forces in the past 24 hours.”

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Israeli troops have pushed further into the south, advancing towards the Litani River. Hezbollah has claimed dozens of operations against Israeli forces in the past 24 hours.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/28/three-journalists-k…

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Claim 5: “A Maronite Catholic church near Dahiyeh in Beirut’s southern suburbs was filled to capacity, despite its proximity to the once-bustling district – now largely deserted following Israeli evacuation orders and ongoing air strikes.”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A war between Israel and Hezbollah took place in Southern Lebanon during 2024 amid the Middle Eastern crisis. The war began on 1 October when Israel crossed the Blue Line in its sixth invasion of Leba…
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Claim 6: “The escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah cast a sombre shadow over the celebrations.”

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Claim 7: “Worshippers prayed earnestly for peace, even as Lebanon’s history of sectarian tensions, rooted in the 1975–1990 civil war between Christians and Muslims, remained a poignant backdrop.”

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Claim 8: “According to Lebanon’s Ministry of Health, at least 1,238 people have been killed and more than 3,500 wounded in Israeli attacks since March 2 amid the rapidly widening regional conflict now entering a second month.”

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2006 Lebanon War was a 34-day armed conflict in Lebanon, fought between Hezbollah and Israel. The war started on 12 July 2006, and continued until a United Nations-brokered ceasefire went into eff…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Israeli–Lebanese conflict, or the South Lebanon conflict, is a long-running conflict involving Israel, Lebanon-based paramilitary groups, and sometimes Syria. The conflict peaked during the Lebane…
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