Netanyahu orders army to 'vigorously attack' Hezbollah in Lebanon

The structure collapses because they rig explosives on support columns, wait for the IDF to search the building then detonate, pretty simple concept. There have been dozens of IDF deaths in Gaza as a result of this strategy. And it's not as if all these buildings have to be rigged all year round while civilians live inside. IDF will issue an order to evacuate an area (like southern Lebanon), Hezbollah uses these villages for their operations and know IDF will want to capture those areas, they rig up the explosives and wait to ambush. You seem to think an army needs to subject it's combatants to the maximum possible level of risk just to avoid infrastructure/collateral damage, that isn't how warfare works. You use the tools at your disposal while minimising civilian casualties (like evacuation orders) and then you operate to eliminate the enemy, even if that means leveling the entire evacuated village.

> If the buildings are filled with booby traps, then how are there civilians living in them? I mean, you've already admitted there are residents living in them, so... Sounds outrageous, right? That’s how Hamas and Hezbollah operate. One unit has a normal family living in it, meanwhile the unit next door has a family with a father storing ammunition for Hamas in his own kids’ bedroom, and the whole place is wired to explode with the push of a single button at any time. Rather than being shocked by this sort of behaviour, which has been observed for decades, you should be shocked instead that it’s tolerated and even encouraged by many of the protesters marching for Palestine in the streets. The bunker where Hassan Nasrallah died was buried deep beneath several apartment buildings housing hundreds of residents, but he’s still worshipped as a heroic martyr. >How does the entire structure collapse over their heads? You're either making zero sense on purpose, or you're terrible at explaining anything (or both). That’s what typically happens when a building’s supporting walls and columns are lined with explosives.