Current sectionMiddle East NewsLebanon News 'They've been talking about this pilot for several weeks,' one resident said, adding that if an IDF withdrawal from 'three villages takes so long, what will happen with the dozens of destroyed villages? No one knows when we will return to them, if at all'Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribe10:15 PM • July 22 2026 IDTIn southern Lebanon, thousands of displaced residents gathered on Tuesday outside village entrances that were abandoned in recent months, now designated as pilot areas where the Lebanese army has deployed, as the Israeli army is set to withdraw.CommentsIn the NewsIn South Lebanon, Residents Return to 'Pilot Areas' and Find Destroyed VillagesCollege Democrats Jewish Caucus Condemn 'Surprise Speaker' Hasan PikerTrump Pays Respects to Four U.S. Service Members Killed in Iran StrikesJudge Cites 'Unbearable Reality' in West Bank to Ease Settler's Release TermsNetanyahu Rejects October 7 'Treason' Claim, Says Failures Must Be InvestigatedRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThe Most Optimistic Israeli in Jerusalem Is Leaving the CountryAs Ground Invasion Looms, U.S. and Iran Want Wild-card Israel Out of the FightBetween Messi and Milei: How Argentina Became Israel's Team at the World CupThe Original Ozempic Society of Ancient RomeDemocrats Rejected U.S. Aid to Israel, and AIPAC Couldn't Stop Them'Choose Hope': Natalie Portman Backs Arab-Jewish Party Ahead of Israeli Election
In south Lebanon, residents return to 'pilot areas' and find destroyed villages
'They've been talking about this pilot for several weeks,' one resident said, adding that if an IDF withdrawal from 'three villages takes so long, what will happen with the dozens of destroyed villages? No one knows when we will return to them, if at all'
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