News From Antiwar.com by Jason Ditz
It has been nearly a full year since Israel’s invasion of Lebanon came to an end with a ceasefire agreement. That deal was meant to see an end to cross-border attacks and a withdrawal of Israeli ground troops, along with the beginning of a long effort to reconstruct southern towns and villages damaged by the war.
Since then, we’ve heard consistently about Israel’s thousands of ceasefire violations, killing hundreds of people and continuing, in violation of the ceasefire, to occupy military outposts on Lebanese soil.
Though it hasn’t been mentioned as often, the post-war reconstruction remains effectively on hold on southern Lebanon, with Israeli drones regularly destroying the already battered homes near the border, and attacking construction vehicles whenever they start attempting to rehabilitate the area. Recently, an Israeli official was quoted as saying there was no point for the Lebanese to try to rebuild in those areas…
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