The ‘Israeli’ military also moved into dozens of new positions across southern Lebanon in the first 40 days of the ceasefire.

Lebanese officials say they have been stunned by ‘Israel’s’ military activity during the ceasefire and on Dec. 24, Lebanon complained to the United Nations, asserting that here were more than 800 Israeli violations in the first few weeks of the truce.

Since the ceasefire began, the IDF has barred civilians and journalists from entering a roughly 200-square-mile area in southern Lebanon.

Between Dec. 5 and Jan. 6, more than 800 buildings were damaged or destroyed in this zone, according to a Post analysis of Sentinel-1 satellite data provided by Corey Scher of CUNY Graduate Center and Jamon Van Den Hoek of Oregon State University.

From Dec. 5 onward, an average of more than 26 buildings were damaged or destroyed each day inside the zone — exceeding the rate of destruction during the cross-border fighting from Oct. 8, 2023, to Oct. 2, 2024, according to Scher.

Videos verified by The Post — including some posted online by official IDF accounts — show controlled demolitions of multiple buildings in at least one town and a rural area near the border, as well as the use of bulldozers to damage or destroy structures in the zone. Israeli forces have also conducted more than 400 air, missile, shelling or artillery strikes across Lebanon between Nov. 27 and Jan. 6, according to conflict monitoring group ACLED.

In the first five days of the truce, Israel fired at least 99 projectiles into Lebanon, and Hezbollah fired two projectiles into Israel, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, head of U.N. peacekeeping operations, told the U.N. Security Council last month, according to a diplomat with knowledge of the meeting.

On Dec. 22, IDF spokesman Avichay Adraee posted a video on X that shows a large controlled explosion ripping through the Lebanese village of Yaroun, which sits just across the ‘Israeli’ border.

Clouds of dust and smoke soar dozens of feet into the air, swallowing much of the town. According to CNRS, the incident was one of at least 88 detonations that took place over the first month of the ceasefire.

In Yaroun, a small village home to both Muslims and Christians, more than 8 percent of the war damage there has occurred since Dec. 5, according to a Post analysis of data provided by Scher and Van Den Hoek.

During the ceasefire, at least one church was destroyed and two mosques damaged, a comparison of satellite imagery provided by Planet Labs shows. Homes and businesses have been flattened and a tree-filled neighborhood reduced to rolling hills of dirt.

More than six dozen municipalities, including Yaroun, were part of Israel’s closed military zone. The IDF was not present in much of the zone when the ceasefire started, according to maps the senior committee member showed The Post. And while the Lebanese army has secured some parts, the IDF has continued to move in and out of new areas, changing the map of control on a “day-by-day basis,” the member said.

Israeli forces used the ceasefire to enter Naqoura, a coastal town about 20 miles to the west, for the first time, according to data provided by the Institute for the Study of War. A comparison of satellite imagery between Nov. 26 and Jan. 7 reveals a likely route: two new clearings that straighten a winding road leading to Naqoura from the Israeli border — a distance of about two miles.

Nearly 40 buildings were damaged or destroyed in the district since Dec. 5, according to the data — accounting for 14 percent of Naqoura’s total damage. The Lebanese army has since deployed to Naqoura after Israel withdrew earlier this month.

In Kfar Kila, which is just a half-mile from the Israeli border, satellite imagery shows that the center of town has been reduced to ash and rubble. At least 65 buildings were damaged or destroyed there since Dec. 5. Both there and in six other municipalities in the south, more than half of the total buildings have been damaged or destroyed since the conflict started in October 2023.

This report by the Washington Post proves that the international committee responsible for monitoring the ceasefire — which includes the United States, France, Lebanon, ‘Israel’, and UNIFIL — does a miserable job, which serves only the colony ‘Israel’.

The WP is a part of the Western corporate media that is pro-‘Israel’ and publishes ‘Israeli’ warlords lies without scrutiny and challenge.

Hence, the rest of the report is of no value and must be disregarded, except the videos and pictures of demolitions.