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A firefighter looks at debris at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut's Bashoura neighborhood, on March 18, 2026.Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work withto “immediately destroy all the bridges over the Litani River that are used for terrorist activity, in order to prevent the passage of He also said he’d ordered the military to “accelerate the destruction of Lebanese homes in the border villages in order to thwart threats to the Israeli settlements — in accordance with the Beit Hanoun and Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz said he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered immediate demolitions in Lebanese frontline villages, citing Gaza cities such as Beit Hanoun and Rafah as a model, where large areas have been reduced to rubble in a genocidal campaign…Beit Hanoun, a city on the northeastern edge of the Gaza Strip, which once had a population of more than 50,000 people, had nearly all of its structures totally “flattened” by Israel’s bombing and was totally depopulated, according to the Israeli newspaperthe attack on Rafah as a culmination of a monthslong campaign to “forcibly transfer and destroy Gaza’s population,” with more than 800,000 people being NEW: “Israel's defense minister said he ordered ‘an acceleration in the destruction of Lebanese homes in contact-line villages…in accordance with the model of Beit Hanun and Rafah in Gaza.
’”that Katz’s announcement demonstrated “an intent to forcibly displace residents, destroy civilian homes, and conduct strikes that could target civilians” in Lebanon as well. Already, more than 1 million civilians in Lebanon, from the area south of the Litani River and in Beirut’s southern suburbs, have becomefrom returning from their south of the Litani “until the safety of Israel’s northern residents is guaranteed,” and he has said Israel “will not hesitate to target anyone who is present near Hezbollah members, facilities, or means of combat.” Human Rights Watch has said these indefinite displacements raise the concern that Israel is perpetrating the war crime of forced displacement and doing so based on, nor should it be allowed to prevent displaced residents from returning to their homes based on some undefined ‘safety’ standard,” said Ramzi Kaiss, Lebanon researcher at Human Rights Watch. Deliberately targeting civilians, civilian objects, and others protected under international law would be a war crime, and countries supplying Israel with weapons need to realize they are risking complicity in Since the latest outbreak of hostilities at the beginning of March following the launch of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, at least 1,024 people in Lebanon have been“For over two years, Israel’s allies and European states that purport to support and uphold human rights have buried their heads in the sand as atrocities continue in Lebanon, as in Gaza,” Kaiss said. “Atrocities flourish when there is impunity, and other countries should no longer stand by as they continue.”Truthout relies on individual donations to publish independent journalism, free from political and corporate influence. In fact, we’re almost entirely funded by readers like you.At a moment when independent journalism is urgently needed, we are struggling to meet our operational costs due to increasing political censorship.We have 72 hours to hit our $24,000 goal.This piece was reprinted by Truthout with permission or license. It may not be reproduced in any form without permission or license from the source.Truthout must raise $24,000 to fund our operational costs this month. If you value free-to-read, nonprofit journalism, we appeal for your support — please make a one-time or monthly donation.
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