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For more than four decades, UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon have tried to keep the peace between Israel and Lebanon. They have not always been successful. As tensions flare yet again on the Blue Line that divides the two countries, Rebecca Collard visits the UN peacekeeping base just a few miles from the tense border. Hassan Harfoush contributed to this report.

Cross-border attacks between Hezbollah in Lebanon and Israeli forces killed four Lebanese civilians in one family on Sunday. The IDF said at least one Israeli civilian was killed as well. These exchanges of fire have continued for weeks. As a precaution, thousands of Lebanese civilians have moved out of their homes in southern Lebanon. Rebecca Collard reports from southern Lebanon that this is a country ill-prepared for war. Hassan Harfoush contributed to this report.

Hezbollah emerged during Lebanon’s civil war with the intention of ending Israel’s occupation of southern Lebanon. With the backing of Iran, it has become the strongest military force in Lebanon, and one of the strongest militias in the region. But the group also has a political wing and charitable activities. Four decades after its founding, some say that it is a state within a state. Rebecca Collard reports from Beirut on how the group’s history and present status plays into the possibility of going to war with Israel. Hassan Harfoush contributed to this report.

In early September, Zeinab Kaak and Nazeer Mohammed sold almost everything they owned: their home, television, furniture, household goods, even Kaak’s jewelry — all to raise the 15 million Lebanese pounds, or about $2,000, which smugglers asked for to take them to Europe.

f the many buildings destroyed by the blast at Beirut’s port, thousands are heritage structures now at risk of extreme disrepair. The city could lose its unique architectural richness.