Lebanon rocked by deadliest wave of Israeli attacks since start of conflict

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(8 Apr 2026) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Beirut, Lebanon - 08 April 2026 1. SOUNDBITE (English) Isabel DeBre, The Associated Press: ++NIGHT SHOTS++ "A ceasefire is not necessarily the word that comes to mind when looking at these scenes of violence and chaos from the streets of Lebanon today as a result of the most intense series of Israeli strikes since the beginning of the war. We saw piles of charred cars at major intersections, mountains of rubble clogging the roads, entire apartment blocks razed to the ground, panicked residents running through the streets trying to figure out where the different booms and thuds of airstrikes were coming from because they were striking in central densely populated Beirut without warning. UPSOUND explosion" 2. Tilt-down from smoke to car on fire after another strike in central Beirut 3. Various of damaged building 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Isabel DeBre, The Associated Press: ++NIGHT SHOTS++ "This resulted in one of the deadliest days between Israel and the Iran-backed militant group (Hezbollah) since the beginning of the war, with at least 110 people killed, but over 800, if not more, wounded. So that death toll, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry, was very likely to rise in the coming hours and this all on the very day that international and regional mediators had been insisting that Lebanon was part of the wider ceasefire deal between Israel and the United States on one side and Iran on the other, but we saw that those hopes were very quickly dashed by the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's statement, which was then followed by the series of very deadly strikes." 5. Various of targeted building, overhead wires 6. Bulldozer clearing rubble 7. Rubble from the strike ISRAEL GOVERNMENT PRESS OFFICE Undisclosed location, Israel - 08 April 2026 ++LOGO FROM SOURCE++ 8. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during statement STORYLINE: Israeli strikes hit several commercial and residential areas in central Beirut without warning on Wednesday, hours after a ceasefire was announced in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. Lebanon said at least 112 people were killed and hundreds were wounded in what was one of the deadliest days in the latest Israel-Hezbollah war. U.S. President Donald Trump told PBS News Hour that Lebanon was not included in the deal because of the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group. When asked about Israel’s latest strikes, he said, “That’s a separate skirmish.” Israel had said the agreement does not extend to its war with the Iran-backed Hezbollah, although mediator Pakistan said it does. The fleeting sense of relief among Lebanese after the ceasefire announcement turned into panic with what Israel’s military called its largest coordinated strike in the current war, hitting more than 100 Hezbollah targets within 10 minutes in Beirut, southern Lebanon and the eastern Bekaa Valley. Black smoke towered over several parts of the seaside capital, where a huge number of people displaced by war have taken shelter. Explosions interrupted the honking of traffic on what had been a bustling, blue-sky afternoon. Ambulances raced toward open flames. Apartment buildings were struck. Journalists of The Associated Press saw charred bodies in vehicles and on the ground at one of Beirut’s busiest intersections in the central Corniche al Mazraa neighborhood, a mixed commercial and residential area. Using forklifts, rescue workers removed smoldering debris and sifted through ruins for survivors. =========================================================== Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives ​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/ec4745c9f0bf49d79f28c1c18691a295