The Israeli military’s extensive destruction of civilian property and agricultural land across southern Lebanon must be investigated as war crimes, Amnesty International said in a new research briefing released on Tuesday.

The report, Nowhere to Return , documents the demolition of more than 10,000 civilian structures between October 2024 and January 2025. Amnesty concluded that the destruction, often carried out with manually laid explosives and bulldozers while Israeli forces were in control of the areas, occurred outside active combat and without the “imperative military necessity” required under international humanitarian law.

Researchers verified 77 videos and images published by Israeli soldiers and activists, alongside satellite analysis showing villages systematically razed.

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