An entire street is leveled. Houses and shops are flattened, including a popular cafe. This is what is left of the town of Bint Jbeil, just a couple of miles from the Israeli border, nearly two months after Israel relaunched its ground offensive in southern Lebanon.
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The casualties largely came from Israeli attacks on residential buildings in southern towns and villages. The attacks seem to almost exclusively target civilian homes without any pretense of Hezbollah links.
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The Israeli Defense Ministry reported, “Since the launch of Operation Roaring Lion, Israel has received more than 115,600 tons of military equipment in 403 airlifts and 10 sealifts.”
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