Israel Strikes Hezbollah Targets in Lebanon, Killing at Least 10 in Beirut, Hours After Trump Announces US-Israel-Iran Ceasefire

Israel launched a massive wave of strikes against Lebanon at 14:15 local time on 8 April 2026, just hours after US President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between the US, Israel and Iran. Israel stated it struck 100 targets in 10 minutes, an assault that dashed hopes in Lebanon that the pause in Gulf fighting would bring calm there too.

The latest conflict between Israel and Hezbollah began on 2 March 2026 after Hezbollah fired rockets into Israel.

Israel responded with widespread air strikes and a ground invasion of southern Lebanon beginning the same day. More than 2,600 people in Lebanon have been killed since 2 March 2026 according to Lebanon's health ministry. Roughly a fifth of the population of Lebanon has been displaced since 2 March 2026 according to the UN, with more than one million people displaced since the start of the war according to BBC News.

At least 10 people were killed and 27 injured in an Israeli strike in the heart of Beirut, Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported. Three journalists were killed by a targeted Israeli strike in southern Lebanon. Hundreds in Beirut mourned the three journalists killed in the Israeli strike.

BBC Middle East Correspondent Hugo Bachega spoke to families in Beirut who said their homes were gone due to displacement. BBC correspondent Hugo Bachega joined paramedics on duty in Nabatieh after Israeli strikes. The city that was once vibrant is now abandoned, he reported.

Israeli forces have been instructed to destroy crossings over the Litani river that were being used by Hezbollah to send reinforcements, BBC News reported. The strikes continued even as pro-government demonstrators gathered in Tehran after the announcement of the two-week conditional ceasefire between the US and Iran. An Iranian missile hit Dimona in southern Israel earlier in the conflict.

A burning fuel tanker drove through the centre of Hasakah, Syria, in a separate incident captured on video. The United Arab Emirates is quitting Opec after nearly 60 years of membership, BBC News reported. The move comes amid the wider regional tensions.

BBC News reported that the events of 8 April marked one of the deadliest chapters in Lebanon's recent history. Nawal Al-Maghafi pieced together accounts from those who lost loved ones that day.

“Our home is gone.”

“— Displaced family member in Beirut, speaking to BBC Middle East Correspondent Hugo Bachega.”

“They are striking everywhere.”

“— Paramedics in Nabatieh, speaking to BBC Middle East correspondent Hugo Bachega.”