For more than 60 days, Lebanese have watched stunned as Israeli strikes smashed into buildings, raising giant explosions and palls of smoke in the heart of the capital and other cities.

Israel’s military launched airstrikes across Lebanonon Monday, unleashing explosions throughout the country and killing at least 31.The attacks came as Israeli leaders appeared to be closing in on a negotiated ceasefire with the Hezbollah militant group.

The conflict is taking a devastating toll on Lebanon’s ancient heritage, with airstrikes wiping out centuries-old villages and endangering fragile, millenia-old archaeological sites, like the Roman ruins of Baalbek,