After the 2023 Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel, followed by Israeli retaliation in the Gaza Strip, the conflict quickly spread to the Lebanese border with Hezbollah.

On behalf of The Washington Post, Myriam Boulous traveled with journalist Kareem Fahim for a day on September 10, 2024 to document the Spanish contingent of UNIFIL, the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon, near the Blue Line.

"UNIFIL provides humanitarian aid, including to civilians under imminent threat of violence. At least twice during the current conflict, Albar said, civilians sheltered in UNIFIL facilities in the Spanish contingent's...