On Wednesday morning, the mayor of Mansouri, Haidar Madihli, told local media that Israeli warplanes had carried out four strikes on buildings and villas in the Ghazaleh neighbourhood on the outskirts of the town, causing extensive damage to the targeted structures.
The strikes triggered a wave of displacement, with families filling cars with their belongings and heading towards Tyre, the largest city in the south, he said.
Madihli added that around 120 families had returned to Mansouri after the 19 June ceasefire, but that the number had steadily fallen as Israeli strikes intensified. In recent days, only 40 to 50 families remained in the town.
The UN’s humanitarian office said late on Tuesday that more than 820,000 people displaced in Lebanon by the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah had begun returning to their home areas following a reduction in hostilities.
However, the UN said about 360,000 other people remained displaced across Lebanon, including 26,000 living in government shelters.
Lebanon was drawn into the war between Israel, the US and Iran on 2 March, when Hezbollah launched rockets into Israel in retaliation for a strike that killed Iran’s supreme leader.
Israel responded by launching a bombing campaign across Lebanon and invading a significant part of the country’s south.
At least 4,333 people have been killed during the conflict, including 392 women and 253 children, according to the Lebanese health ministry. Since the ceasefire was announced, the ministry has recorded the killing of 353 people.
Israeli authorities say 40 Israeli soldiers and four civilians have been killed on both sides of the border during the conflict.