Israel blows up ancient village in South Lebanon

Israeli soldiers filmed themselves celebrating the destruction of an ancient village in southern Lebanon. Israel ordered the evacuation of Mhaibib, located near the Israeli border, in early October before carrying out a controlled explosion of the historic town. Mhaibib had been settled for thousands of years and contained a 2,100-year-old shrine to Benjamin, son of the prophet Yaqub.

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