Israel is flattening villages and killing civilians across southern Lebanon while attention stays on Iran — grim news for Lebanese civilians and a sign the war is widening.

• Two dozen villages in southern Lebanon have been destroyed, with drones and quadcopters used to blow up homes, schools, and infrastructure.
• A strike this week killed 12 members of one family, half of them children; a teenage paramedic was killed in a follow-up strike on a vehicle.
• Since March, more than 4,300 people have been killed, 12,000 wounded, and over a million forced from their homes in the south.
• The June ceasefire is collapsing — UN peacekeepers logged over 500 Israeli projectiles in five days, and Hezbollah, which was never party to the deal, rejects its terms.
• Journalists say they are being deliberately targeted, with strikes landing near live broadcasts and dozens killed in Lebanon.

Outlook: With Hezbollah refusing to disarm and the Lebanese government unable to force it, Israeli strikes and the occupation of southern land look set to continue.