A visual investigation by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking team has revealed that the historic city center of Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon has been reduced to rubble. The 400-year-old Grand Mosque, once a symbol of the city’s cultural heritage, has been destroyed along with more than 1,500 buildings. The report attributes the devastation to Israel’s ongoing military operations in the region.

According to the investigation, satellite imagery and open-source intelligence analysis indicate that Israel has implemented a deliberate policy aimed at making southern Lebanon permanently uninhabitable. The destruction pattern in Bint Jbeil closely resembles the devastation seen in Gaza, with residential and cultural structures systematically demolished.

The report concludes that Israel’s “wipe out” strategy in southern Lebanon has placed local communities in extreme distress, effectively erasing parts of the region from the map.