Lebanese mother-of-two Hala Farah is collecting photos and videos to preserve the memory of her hometown which, like many others along the southern border, has been completely destroyed by Israeli forces, AFP reports.

Testimony from residents and officials, as well as satellite images and photographs taken by AFP journalists on both sides of the border, show widespread destruction in dozens of Lebanese towns and villages since March 2.

While a ceasefire began on April 17, the destruction, demolitions and bulldozing in southern areas have only intensified, affecting homes, infrastructure, schools, places of worship and farmland.

Farah, 33, said everything in her hometown Yarun, less than a kilometre (mile) from Israel, has been destroyed.

“All that’s left are memories and some pictures that we and the neighbours are trying to collect… so that we can tell our children what Yarun was like,” she told AFP.

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