Israeli forces have carried out varying degrees of destruction in 39 villages in southern Lebanon since a ceasefire in the war with Hezbollah last week, a senior politician has said, according to Reuters.

Ali Hassan Khalil, a top aide to Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, said the powerful explosions carried out by Israeli forces had destroyed civilian homes in the south and this amounted to “a clear war crime”.

A boy stands amid the debris of a destroyed building next to a portrait of Iran’s slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a media tour organised by Hezbollah in the Haret Hreik area of Beirut’s southern suburbs on April 20, 2026.
A boy stands amid the debris of a destroyed building next to a portrait of Iran’s slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a media tour organised by Hezbollah in the Haret Hreik area of Beirut’s southern suburbs on April 20, 2026.

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