Lebanon skilled one of many deadliest days in its current historical past, as widespread Israeli air strikes introduced horror and destruction to the nation on Wednesday, simply hours after a ceasefire was introduced in Iran.
The assaults, that got here in the course of the day with out warning, killed greater than 300 individuals, a 3rd of them girls, youngsters and the aged, in line with the Lebanese well being ministry. Among the assaults hit busy, densely populated neighbourhoods, locations that had not been focused earlier than and the place individuals felt they have been protected.
Israel stated it carried out greater than 100 air strikes in simply 10 minutes on what it described as targets linked to the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah.
BBC Center East correspondent Hugo Bachega has spoken to residents in Beirut, a metropolis that’s nonetheless in shock.