Israel’s military approach in Lebanon produced what came to be known as the “Dahyieh doctrine,” a strategy that entailed the use of disproportionate force and heavy bombardment against civilian areas to maintain military deterrence.136 This policy referred to al-Dahyieh, a densely populated neighborhood in south Beirut where members of Hezbollah reside. Through extensive aerial shelling, Israel flattened whole swathes of south Beirut, resulting in devastating human and economic losses. By the end of the war, the Lebanese government reported more than 1,100 Lebanese citizens had been killed,
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