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The attack came less than 12 hours after the Iran ceasefire announcement.
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Israeli military announces further action against Hezbollah, contradicting statements from Pakistan and Iran

Israel has said its military operations in Lebanon will continue despite Donald Trump’s ceasefire announcement, with Israeli forces carrying out strikes and telling civilians in the south of the country to leave the areas they are targeting.

The office of the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said that Trump’s two-week pause “does not include Lebanon” amid reports of continued artillery and drone strikes, directly contradicting statements made by Iran and Pakistan, which has been mediating in the conflict.

April 8, 2026

Israel has carried out its largest attack on Lebanon since its war with Hezbollah began, killing at least 254 people and wounding 837, an assault that prompted Iranian officials to warn Tehran could withdraw from the ceasefire agreed with the US overnight.

Warplanes levelled several buildings in the centre of Beirut, filling the skies with smoke in what Israel’s defence minister said was “a surprise strike” on the pro-Iranian group Hezbollah.

The Lebanese capital was filled with cars crumpled by the blasts and the flaming wreckage of buildings that first responders struggled to extinguish, as Israel bombed more than 100 Hezbollah military sites around the country.

The office of Israel’s prime minister said the two-week Middle East ceasefire did not include Lebanon, contrary to a statement made by mediator Pakistan – while Trump, after initially remaining silent, said Lebanon was “a separate skirmish” and not part of the deal.

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Israel said the strikes were the “largest coordinated strike targeting more than 100 Hezbollah command centres and military sites”, saying most of the Hezbollah infrastructure it hit was “within the heart of the civilian population”.

The attack came less than 12 hours after the Iran ceasefire announcement. The office of the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said that the two-week pause “does not include Lebanon”, while the head of the Israel’s military said after the wave of strikes that it would “continue to strike with determination”.