Multiple commenters here are asking if the towns and villages were ever included in Apple maps in the first place, and some people are saying we should obviously assume they were.

However, a quick search reveals at least a few people claiming that Apple Maps has always been empty for Lebanon outside of major cities (and at least one commenter says they are Lebanese):

https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/1sjmrol/comment/oft1...

https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/1sjoxqo/...

https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/1sjo66s/apple_maps...

https://www.reddit.com/r/lebanon/comments/1sjou17/apple_maps...

I don't know how trustworthy these comments are, but I don't see anyone contradicting them.

So it's definitely not clear this has anything to do with the current war.