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Pressure, southern Lebanon – Dressed in olive green jacket and jeans, the municipal head Abbas Avada stood next to the remains of the family home, where he lived with his wife and two children for the last 15 years.
The soft, charismatic, 40-something, which Awada, used to meet the city's residents in the family home and host large family gatherings with his wife.
The house has survived for more than a year at war, including a 66-day invasion, in which Israeli air attacks destroy much of Lebanon's infrastructure.
It was after the cessation of the fire between Israel and the Lebanese Group Hezbollah began in November that the Israeli forces destroy the home where Avada's children grew up.
From the time when Hezbollah and Israel began to fight on October 8, 2023, until a truce began on November 27, 2024, Israel killed nearly 4,000 people and left waves of devastation in Lebanon, especially in the south.
And despite the cessation of fire, the Israeli military continues to attack Lebanon.
“Termination of Fire” only in a name?
According to the fire termination agreement, which was originally a long time of 60 days, Hezbollah had to withdraw north of the Litani River, which passed through South Lebanon. Israel was also obliged to withdraw its troops from Lebanon, and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) had to take the south.
Many in Lebanon believe that the termination of fire will end the Israeli attacks. But Israel continues to attack, justifying its actions as an attempt to “dismantle and destroy” Hezbollah, a self -applauded goal.
His actions were deliberately destroying homes in southern villages, such as the messenger, devastating people who escaped from violence and hoped to return to their houses when he stopped.
“I still see him as he was,” Avada said quietly, looking at his home.
He pointed to the entrance and described the layout of the house. Where he said that the kitchen and the dining room were stood once was a pile of concrete and steel – an Israeli bulldozer had removed the walls of his home.
Television was still among the remains, mounted on an exposed living room wall and dotted with bullets holes.
“They just wanted to destroy,” he said.
He did not take his children at 11 and 14 to see the ruins more.
The Beirut -based Legal Program, based in Beirut, an organization for research and advocacy found that Israel had committed more than 855 disorders of fire termination by the end of January.
Ameneh Mehvar, a Senior Middle East analyzer for ACLED, an organization that collects conflict data, told Al Jazeera that he had recorded “over 330 air strike and firing incidents” after the fire is terminated.
Withdrawing which was not
A limp, which is right on the southern Lebanese border, caused serious damage during the war, but has not invaded the moment the ceasefire has begun.
In mid -December, Israeli troops entered into the literacy and reported reports that they were destroying homes and buildings there and in other villages in southern Lebanon.
The Israeli withdrawal was due to be completed by January 26th. But despite the rejection by the government of Lebanon, the Israelis announced – with the support of the United States – that their presence will be extended until February 18.
On Monday, Israel announced that “it will leave small quantities of troops temporarily located at five strategic points” in Lebanon.
The Israelis withdrew from the messes in early January, which allowed the residents to see what was left of their village and homes after the accidental violence that struck them.
“Used Bulldozers for revenge”
On a winding street behind the building of the municipality of the municipality, 75-year-old Ali Shabi still mourns his fruit trees and the deliberate damage that struck them.
He stepped over the ruins to reach his garden, explaining that he had not stopped watering his trees until he had to evacuate.
“I didn't leave them,” he said, a cigarette and his yellow lighter never leave his hands.
The full grapefruits hang from a tree, but on the ground it is located on the ground near it. It was torn apart by the land by Israeli soldiers during the cessation of fire, an unknown strategic goal.
Standing on the front porch of the charred home in which he lived with his wife, children and grandchildren, he explained that he had been set on fire, and he was already inaccessible above because the stairs were destroyed.
Shaabi stayed in the house when the rest of his family escaped to get tired during the war. Civil defense workers finally evacuated him last September, when the Israeli attacks against Lebanon intensified and he went to join his family.
His house was fine when he left it, he explains, and was only damaged during the cessation of the fire. Now the basement and the upper floors are charred and the whole structure should be maintained by pylons.
“They have bulldozers,” he said. “They went into the bush with bulldozers for revenge.”
The family had even found some of their clothing, fired, probably hung by Israeli soldiers and fired.
The one is mostly a Shiite city, a demographic, among which Hezbollah traditionally enjoys great support. In fact, the flags of Hezbollah are planted in the ruins of some of the destroyed buildings of the limp.
Nevertheless, the destruction of homes and civil infrastructure is prohibited according to international law, and many Lebanese view this as an indiscriminate punishment against the Shiite communities in Lebanon.
“Not everyone is Hezbollah,” Shaabi said. “Shia is not always Hezbollah.”
“I miss my village”
Getting news whether your home is still standing during the war, but some peasants, like Reem Taper, have figured out how to pay for regular satellite images in their neighborhoods to see what is going on.
Before the war, Taher was leading a business cosmetician, but he had to escape to get tired when the bombing began.
The images she paid for showed that her home was intact, including on November 26, the day before the fire was terminated.
But at 11 o'clock on November 27, she received another report. After surviving a year of Israeli air attacks, her home was already in ruins.
“They blew up my house, leveled my land, and even enjoyed cutting the trees,” she told Al Jazeera in the home that he hired in the Hosh Tire neighborhood, an area that had also seen his fair share of destruction. The building on the other side of the road was leveled.
“I miss drinking coffee in the morning by the sea. I miss our gatherings and dinners in the garden. I lack the call for prayer from my village, Ramadanski dinners … Choosing terminals from the tree.
“I miss everything about my village – the sunset, the pine trees and the sparks of the sea from afar.”
“This end of fire is a lie”
On February 13, when Al Jazeera Visit the Book, almost every home was reduced to a bunch of remains and infrastructure lay in ruins.
The electric pillars were drawn from the ground, the local school was full of bullet holes, and the carcasses of burned vehicles were abandoned.
“They destroyed the mosque, cemetery and infrastructure – roads, water, electricity. Everything that provides the means of subsistence, they have destroyed, “Taher said.
Some homes were commanded by Israeli soldiers who left them littered with food and supplies brought from Israel.
The walls were covered with Hebrew writing, most of all, with change schedules. But on a refrigerator, a soldier had left a message: “We came to banish the darkness.”
Sanad, Al Jazeera's Verification Agency, compares satellite images of December 3, 2024 and January 19, 2025.
The images of December 3 show many structures, including the home of Avada and the municipality building, with little visible damage.
The images of January 19 have destroyed the structures, including Avada's home.
ACLED recorded 14 cases of the Israeli army carrying out controlled explosions and bulldosis of homes in the pound between December 11, 2024 and January 6, 2025. According to their data, each incident included more than one house.
Sitting on what was left of his porch, a smoked Shaabi chain surrounded by his family and grandchildren.
For many, the promise of ceasing the fire brought hope to return home. They never thought that their homes would be damaged or destroyed during the cessation of fire.
Between the fluffy Shabi said, “This cessation of fire is a lie.”
