Israel Is Slowly Turning Southern Lebanon Into Gaza

Israel’s army has again intensified its attacks on southern Lebanon. An airstrike on the town of Kafr Reman killed 11 people, including two children and rescue workers, according to the article.

Since September 2024, Israel has systematically destroyed Lebanese villages and towns near the border, the article says, using language that describes them as being wiped from the face of the earth. At the same time, Israeli forces are expanding their occupation of territory south of the Litani River, an important water source in the region.

The latest wave of attacks has plunged southern Lebanon into chaos. After a peace agreement reached on June 26 by the Lebanese authorities and Israel, with the Shiite movement Hezbollah excluded from the agreement, tens of thousands of people returned to the south. They had fled earlier Israeli attacks. Many villages and towns now lie in ruins, while Israeli forces control an increasing area.

Fighting with Hezbollah continues every day. The movement increasingly relies on drones and occasionally attacks targets in northern Israel. Around 400,000 people are currently internally displaced across Lebanon, compared with more than one million at the height of the Israeli attacks.

Humanitarian conditions are described as catastrophic. International and domestic aid organizations have exhausted their budgets, while Lebanon, a bankrupt country, is facing one of the deepest economic crises in its history. The article’s description also frames the new Israeli bombardment as potentially linked to Benjamin Netanyahu’s election campaign.