Israeli forces have continued demolition and military activity in southern Lebanon, with operations still underway in and around the heavily damaged border town of Bint Jbeil, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA).

A correspondent for the agency said the Israeli army is continuing to destroy what remains of residential buildings in Bint Jbeil as part of what it has described as a “security cleansing” plan. Israeli tanks were also reported moving through the largely devastated urban landscape.

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The same correspondent said Israeli forces carried out overnight demolitions in the towns of Al-Bayada and Naqoura, blowing up houses and using bulldozers to block secondary entrances and cut off roads leading to several towns in the western sector. The routes were reportedly filled in with rubble and earth.

Elsewhere, the town of Kunin in the Bint Jbeil district came under Israeli artillery fire, with multiple shells landing in the area. Israeli tanks were also reported advancing toward the town of Alman along the banks of the Litani River, while artillery struck the Adshit–Qsayr axis.

Israeli media outlets on Sunday published footage they said was taken inside Bint Jbeil, showing extensive destruction in the southern Lebanese town.

On infrastructure and recovery efforts, the Lebanese Army Command said specialized engineering units had fully reopened the Khardali–Nabatieh road and partially reopened the Jisr Burj Rahhal–Tyre bridge. It added that, in coordination with the National Litani River Authority, work is ongoing to repair the Tyre–Tayr Felsay bridge, which was damaged in Israeli strikes.

The army said it continues to clear roads, remove debris, and carry out security operations aimed at maintaining internal stability. It also noted that drones were seen flying over the main Burj Rahhal bridge, which reopened to traffic the previous day and is now witnessing normal movement in both directions north and south of the Litani River.

On the Israeli side, the newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported that Israel has divided the portion of southern Lebanon it controls into three separate zones.

Separately, Haaretz quoted an Israeli source as saying that schools and civilian infrastructure in southern Lebanon are being demolished after receiving official authorization, as part of what it described as a “clean-up policy” in the area.

In political remarks, Israeli Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir said there is “no point in the Middle East that Israel cannot reach,” adding that “we fought an intense battle with Hezbollah and the confrontation is ongoing.”

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said he had ordered the military to operate “with full force by land and air,” including during the ongoing ceasefire, in order to protect Israeli soldiers in Lebanon. He added that the so-called “yellow line” should be extended to areas where anti-tank weapons are located inside Lebanese territory.

Katz also warned the Lebanese government that if it fails to meet its commitments, the Israeli military would act accordingly. He further stated that any building or road in Lebanon suspected of containing explosives must be destroyed immediately “to protect our soldiers.”

He also said the army had been instructed to demolish homes in frontline villages near the border, which he described as having been used as Hezbollah outposts and as posing a threat to Israeli communities.