Why is Israel attacking Lebanon and what does the bombing blitz mean for the US-Iran ceasefire?

ISRAEL has unleashed its biggest bombing blitz of the war so far on Lebanon this week.

The IDF said it was targeting terrorist bosses in the Hezbollah stronghold.

Smoke rises following an Israeli strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut
Israel has launched a huge bombing campaign against Beirut and other targets in LebanonCredit: Reuters
Aftermath of an Israeli strike carried out on Wednesday, in Tallet El Khayat in Beirut
Lebanon’s health ministry said 303 were killed in Wednesday’s blitz, the highest single-day death toll of the war so farCredit: Reuters

303 people were killed in Israel’s attacks on Lebanon on Wednesday and more than 1,000 wounded, according to its health ministry.

Most were killed in just ten minutes.

What are the rules of the ceasefire between Trump and Iran?

US President Donald Trump announced a two-week temporary ceasefire with Iran on the condition that the rogue nation reopened the Strait of Hormuz.

He declared on Tuesday that the two-week pause in fighting would allow the nations to negotiate a long-term peace deal – but Iran broke the deal less than 24-hours later, shutting the shipping lane.

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Iran said it was responding to Israel‘s attacks on Beirut and claimed that Lebanon was included in the ceasefire deal.

But the US and Israel said that had never been the case. Pakistan, who helped agree the two-week pause, said Lebanon was covered by the agreement.

Why does Israel hate Hezbollah?

Hezbollah – or the Party of God – is an Iranian-backed militant group that emerged during the early 1980s.

It opposes Israel’s right to exist and is considered a terrorist organisation by Israel, the UK and the US, among other countries.

Based in Lebanon, it is allied with Hamas.

Israel has been locked in conflict with the militant group since Hezbollah launched rockets at IDF-held territory on the Lebanese-Syrian border the day after October 7.

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