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Jun 27 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Israel’s push to create a ‘dead zone’ in Lebanon:
Over nearly 9 months of simmering conflict with Hizbollah, Israel’s military has laid waste to swathes of southern Lebanon. We spent the past couple of months looking at the extent of the damage:
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Data gathered by @ft (incl analysis of Sat imagery, radar data, gvt statistics + intvs with local & state officials, researchers, civil defence workers & residents) suggests that as diplo negotiations sputter, Israel's military has used force to create a new reality on the ground