Hours before the attacks, the military had issued warnings for some areas of southern Beirut and southern Lebanon. The Israeli military said it attacked a Hezbollah commander in Beirut, without providing further details. 'LEBANON CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE'Israel also struck the last remaining bridge linking southern Lebanon to the rest of the country on Wednesday, a senior Lebanese security source said. An Israeli military spokesperson said the area south of the Litani was "disconnected from Lebanon." Outside a school sheltering displaced people in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, people had piled their pillows and blankets onto cars, thinking they could return home.

Source: The Standard April 08, 2026 21:10 UTC