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Satellite imagery from two independent research groups documents that more than 10,000 buildings were damaged or destroyed across dozens of southern Lebanese villages between October 2024 and January 2025, with entire villages like Mhaibib, Yarun and Aita Ash-Shaab losing 70 to 84 percent of their structures. The most contested finding is the timing: the ACLED conflict database and on-the-ground video show the pace of Israeli demolitions accelerated roughly sevenfold after the 27 November 2024 ceasefire, prompting Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and UN experts to argue the destruction cannot be justified by military necessity and should be investigated as a war crime. The World Bank now estimates Lebanon will need US$11 billion to rebuild — with Gulf donors conditioning pledges on Hezbollah disarmament — while about 64,000 Lebanese civilians remain unable to return home a year after the ceasefire.