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cliffside

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Thu Oct 31, 2024, 08:18 PM Oct 2024

Israel has damaged or destroyed nearly a quarter of buildings in Lebanon's south

https://wapo.st/3YvrpwT

"... Most of the demolitions there appear to have begun on or around Oct. 14. From Oct. 16 to at least Sunday, the Golani Brigade, which first entered Lebanon on Oct. 2, was active in and around Ayta al-Shab, according to videos released by the IDF. The brigade deployed to Gaza last year and was tied in Israeli media to a series of controversial demolitions in the north of the enclave.

The number of buildings damaged or destroyed in the village tripled while the brigade was active in Ayta al-Shab, according to The Post’s analysis of the data provided by Scher and Van Den Hoek. By Saturday, nearly half of the village lay in ruins.

... About two miles away, in the village of Ramyeh, a video geolocated by The Post shows soldiers celebrating a controlled demolition that included the village mosque. Two gray plumes of smoke cascade into the air.

In another verified video, shot near the concrete wall separating Israel from Lebanon, an Israeli soldier films a mosque in the village of Dhayra. When he gives the all-clear, the towering minaret sinks, along with the surroundings buildings, into a pile of dust..."
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