How 10 minutes of bombing by Israel tore through Lebanon

Key Points:

• On 8 April, Israel launched a rapid 10-minute bombing campaign across Lebanon, hitting around 100 targets including Hezbollah command centers, resulting in over 360 deaths and more than 1,000 injuries, the deadliest day in the current conflict.
• The southern Beirut neighborhood of Hay el Sellom was severely devastated, with over 80 civilians killed, including at least 15 children, as residential buildings collapsed and rescue efforts were hampered by narrow streets and rubble.
• Civilians like Mohammed, who lost his son in the strike, insist that no Hezbollah fighters lived in their buildings and express grief over the loss of innocent lives, highlighting the human cost amid the military operations.
• Other areas such as central Beirut’s Corniche al Mazraa and Sidon were also struck without warning, causing civilian casualties and destruction, with no confirmed Hezbollah targets identified in some of these attacks.
• The Israeli Defense Forces justified the strikes by accusing Hezbollah of using civilians as human shields, a claim denied by Hezbollah, which maintains it acts in self-defense and accuses Israel of deliberately targeting civilians.