The IDF has confirmed that it is going to make the ethnic cleansing of southern Lebanon permanent. This is the IDF plan according to media sources and people I have talked to:
1) The villages in the front line across from Israel, and probably the line behind that too will be completely destroyed, as in Rafah. Not a single building will be left standing. Villages like Kfar Kila and Yaroun have already seen extensive demolition, with some reports indicating up to 90% of structures in specific border towns have been destroyed
2) IDF bases will be built there instead.
3) Israel will occupy all territory up to the Litani and control all crossings over the Litani. All bridges there have been destroyed and some may be rebuilt to serve Israeli purposes.
4) The IDF has already ordered residents to evacuate areas as far as the Zahrani River, which is roughly 10 miles (16 km) north of the Litani. The IDF security zone will go beyond the Litani but there has not yet been a decision on how far.
5) The entire area will be ethnically cleansed. Israeli officials have explicitly stated that displaced Lebanese residents, over 1.3 million, will not be allowed to return to any areas south of the Litani until Israel's security is "guaranteed."
6) The IDF is deploying an array of advanced sensors, surveillance equipment, and automated systems across the seized territory. This infrastructure is designed to maintain an open-ended security zone even if ground troop levels fluctuate.
This is already bigger than the Nakba in terms of raw numbers. The plan is for a permanent occupation. A crime of ethnic cleansing, forced displacement and permanent denial of return.