How Israel Is Taking Control of Southern Lebanon (opens in new tab)

Israel wants to take control of southern Lebanon. Entire villages have emptied after Israel issued sweeping evacuation warnings there. Israeli airstrikes have destroyed homes, severed bridges and razed parts of towns. Israeli ground forces have advanced deeper into the area. The war has brought intense uncertainty to the south, a predominantly Shiite Muslim area dominated by Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militant group, for decades. This week, Israeli officials offered their most explicit plan y...