Israel Destroys Entire Villages in Southern Lebanon to Create Buffer Zone

Israel has launched a scorched-earth operation in southern Lebanon, demolishing entire villages and establishing a buffer zone up to the Litani River.

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The Israeli military rigged homes with explosives and detonated them remotely, leveling buildings in Taybeh, Naqoura, and Deir Seryan.

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Defense Minister Israel Katz stated, "We will demolish all homes in southern Lebanese border villages until missile attacks on northern Israel cease."

Human Rights Watch researcher Ramzi Kaiss warned, "Even if Hezbollah uses some civilian facilities for military purposes, this does not justify the mass destruction of entire villages."

Displaced residents like Ahmad Abu Taam lamented, "Everything is gone. It's all been erased."

Hezbollah Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem declared that the Lebanese resistance will not surrender.

He rejected negotiations with Israel as futile and humiliating.

PressTV

Qassem warned that the Greater Israel project targets all of Lebanon, not just southern regions.

He sharply criticized Lebanese state officials for pressuring the resistance.

Hezbollah and allied forces carried out multiple retaliatory strikes against Israeli settlements.

Israeli strikes have killed at least 2,055 people in Lebanon since March 2.

“Hezbollah Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem has said that the Lebanese Islamic resistance will confront the ongoing Israeli-American aggression against the people of Lebanon and demanded immediate implementation of the November 2024 ceasefire agreement”

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The UN Security Council convened emergency sessions.

Human Rights Watch warned that Israel's mass demolitions could amount to wanton destruction: a war crime.

The Lebanese Red Cross condemned the direct targeting of its ambulance teams.

The Israeli military's destruction of civilian infrastructure has drawn widespread condemnation.