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Israel Launches Largest Air Assault on Lebanon Post-US-Iran Ceasefire

07 April, 2026.Gaza Genocide.52 sources

Key Takeaways

Israel launched its largest wave of airstrikes across Lebanon, including central Beirut.
Hundreds were killed and more than a thousand wounded across Beirut and Lebanon.
Lebanon was not included in the US-Iran ceasefire, per Trump and outlets.

Massive Israeli Bombing

Israel launched its largest wave of air strikes across Lebanon, hitting more than 100 targets within 10 minutes.

The strikes killed at least 254 people and wounded more than 1,100, according to Lebanon's civil defence.

ABC News

Israeli Defence Minister Katz called it a surprise strike on hundreds of Hezbollah terrorists.

The Israeli army told Reuters that Lebanon was not part of the ceasefire deal.

Beirut Devastation

The Israeli strikes hammered dense commercial and residential areas of central Beirut and the southern suburbs.

AFP described the strikes on Beirut as the most violent since the start of the war.

Al Jazeera

People rushed home to check on family while the health minister urged people to clear the streets.

Buildings were levelled and smoke plumed over the capital.

Diplomatic Contradictions

Pakistan's ceasefire mediation had become effectively severed from what Israel was doing.

“Israeli strikes have hit several dense commercial and residential areas in central Beirut without warning, killing hundreds of people and wounding more than 1,000 others, hours after a ceasefire was announced in the United States-Israeli war on Iran”