Amid ceasefire, Israeli forces ramp up destruction of homes in southern Lebanon

The Israeli military has leveled whole areas of towns and villages in southern Lebanon as it presses on with plans to establish control in the area during a Trump-declared ceasefire, satellite imagery, video and photos show.

The Israeli military has leveled whole areas of towns and villages in southern Lebanon as it presses on with plans to establish control in the area during a Trump-declared ceasefire, satellite imagery, video and photos show.

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Social media video and photos geolocated to locations in the region show trees coated with ash, blazes raging in fire-blackened buildings and skies filled with dark smoke. Satellite images show whole blocks and neighborhoods flattened.

The truce, which came into effect April 16, was “only a ceasefire in name,” said Bilal Saab, an associate fellow at the international think tank Chatham House who was a senior adviser at the Pentagon during the first Trump administration.