Israeli forces are destroying more than 1,000 homes a day in Lebanon, according to a preliminary assessment by Lebanon’s National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS), which described Israeli attacks on the country as an "unprecedented escalation".
The report found that around 40,000 housing units were either partially or completely damaged in just 35 days, highlighting the intensity of the latest phase of Israel’s attacks.
According to initial figures, the damage caused by the expanded assault accounts for roughly 16 percent of the total damage recorded during the first phase of Israeli attacks, which began on 8 October 2023 and, according to the report, continued until 2 March 2026, albeit at a lower intensity before escalating again. Hezbollah and Israel began fighting in parallel to the Gaza war in 2023, and those hostilities spiralled into a full-scale war in 2024. A ceasefire reached in November that year effectively collapsed last month when fighting resumed, drawing Lebanon deeper into the wider regional conflict. Israeli strikes have killed more than 2,000 people since 2 March, while evacuation orders for southern Lebanon and Beirut's southern suburbs have displaced around one million residents.
The war has left large parts of these areas in ruins. Several buildings have also been destroyed in Beirut, where the most intense Israeli strikes took place last week. Over 1,000 homes a day CNRS said its report was based on satellite imagery, artificial intelligence, crowdsourced data, field verification and advanced data analysis.
During the initial phase between October 2023 and March 2026, approximately 230,000 housing units were destroyed or damaged over a period of two years and three months.
The latest figures show that Israeli forces are destroying an average of 1,081 housing units per day, bringing the total number of damaged or destroyed units during the 35 days of the current escalation to around 37,836.
This reflects a clear expansion in both the scale and intensity of the attacks. While the overall damage in the earlier phase was higher in absolute terms, it was spread over a longer period. By contrast, the current escalation points to a far higher concentration of destruction, with damage also extending to surrounding neighbourhoods near targeted buildings.
The CNRS added that “the figures reflect a notable acceleration in the pace of destruction, with a large portion of the damage occurring within a very short period of time”.
According to the report, Israeli attacks have been heavily concentrated in southern Lebanon, where 73.5 percent of housing units damaged or destroyed during the current offensive are located.
Southern Lebanon is divided into two governorates: South Lebanon and Nabatiyeh.
Nabatiyeh accounted for around 50 percent of the total damaged and destroyed housing units over the 35 days of fighting, with approximately 19,000 units affected.
The South Lebanon governorate made up about 23 percent of the total, with nearly 9,000 housing units damaged or destroyed.
At the district level, data shows a concentration of Israeli attacks on Tyre, Nabatiyeh, Bint Jbeil, as well as Beirut’s southern suburbs, all of which recorded similar levels of targeting.
Around 19 percent of damaged or destroyed housing units were located in each of these areas.
Israeli forces have taken control of large parts of the border area in southern Lebanon amid an ongoing invasion. Dozens of towns and villages have been razed, paving the way for what Israel describes as a “buffer zone” along the frontier.