U.S.-brokered ‘pilot zones’ offer little relief for Lebanese displaced by Israel’s offensive

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“There is no infrastructure left. No water. No electricity. Nothing,” a father of three told NBC News of his neighborhood after returning briefly under the pilot zone program.

A man carries his niece amid the rubble of his house in Zawtar al-Gharbiyah in southern Lebanon on Tuesday as residents return to inspect their homes. Joseph Eid / AFP via Getty Images

Aug. 3, 2026, 5:05 AM EDT

By Zoya Awky and Chantal Da Silva

ZOUK MOSBEH, Lebanon — A plan brokered by the United States for Israel to withdraw from parts of southern Lebanon in exchange for the disarmament of Iran-backed Hezbollah has so far offered little relief to families displaced by the monthslong military offensive.

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