The Israeli army withdrew from the southern Lebanese village of Bani Hayyan on Friday morning, two days after entering the area in the Marjayoun district. According to local reports, Israeli forces demolished multiple homes as they retreated.

“Israeli forces are systematically destroying homes, places of worship, and essential infrastructure in the village,” the Bani Hayyan municipality stated on Thursday, calling on the Lebanese government, the army, international organizations, and the U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701 monitoring committee to take immediate action to halt the Israeli offensives.

Despite a ceasefire that came into effect on November 27 after 14 months of conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, daily violations by Israeli forces in occupied border areas have continued unabated.

Many homes that had survived the prolonged conflict have been reduced to rubble in recent days. On Friday, explosions were reported in Kfarkila, Aytaroun, and Naqoura, while a massive explosion in Yaroun around 4 p.m. sent a thick column of smoke over nearby villages. Additionally, houses in Maroun al-Ras were destroyed by Israeli forces, according to correspondents on the ground.

Israeli artillery also shelled Halta, in the Hasbaya district, shortly, while heavy machine-gun fire was reported in the Marjayoun village of Wadi Slouki and near Ghandourieh, in the Bint Jbeil district.

Concerns are growing over three men hailing from the Bekaa region who have gone missing in border villages. Two of the men had reportedly traveled to collect scrap metal, while the third disappeared after crossing Wadi al-Hjeir in Bint Jbeil. Authorities discovered the third man’s car riddled with bullet holes but found no sign of him. The van used by the other two individuals also remains unaccounted for. The missing men have been identified as Mehdi Shmout, Fouad Kattaya, and Ali Younis, with search efforts ongoing.

Meanwhile, in the Khiyam plain south of Marjayoun, Civil Defense teams recovered the body of a Syrian woman from the ruins of a factory. Earlier in the day, three additional bodies were pulled from the debris of a building in Haret Hreik, a neighborhood in Beirut's southern suburbs. The remains have been sent to Rafik Hariri University Hospital for DNA testing to confirm their identities. Seven individuals remain missing following an Israeli airstrike on the site on September 27, according to the National News Agency.

Moreover, Israeli aircraft reportedly conducted surveillance flights over Nabatiyeh, Iqlim al-Touffah, Sidon, and other parts of southern Lebanon throughout Friday morning.