Life in Beirut Beneath the Drones

On a Beirut rooftop, Ibrahim Ammar snapped a sling and sent pigeons into the dusk, practicing kash hamam—the generations-old game of luring rival birds. His pigeons now share the sky with a new adversary: Israeli drones, their mechanical whir an intermittent soundtrack to daily life.

More than a year after a cease-fire ended the deadliest recent fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, the drones remain persistent. Hundreds of people, many civilians, have been killed by Israeli airstrikes since the truce, U.N. peacekeeping forces have recorded more than 7,500 aerial violations, and Lebanese officials say many of the drones are armed even as most flights serve surveillance.

"Im always worried about the situation and thinking about whether the war will start again," Mr.

Lebanon, Beirut

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