Hundreds killed as Israel launches heaviest attacks on Lebanon since start of war 

The Israeli regime has carried out a massive bombardment on Lebanon despite a recent ceasefire deal between Iran and the United States.

Reports on Wednesday said Israel had carried out at least 100 airstrikes in just under 10 minutes, targeting areas across Lebanon. Local media said that at least 88 people were killed in Beirut alone.

The attacks were described as the heaviest Israeli bombardment on Lebanon since the regime started an aggression on the Arab country in early March, concurrent with a joint aggression with the United States against Iran.

The Lebanon-based Al-Mayadeen news website said that the Israeli regime had struck densely populated residential areas, from the capital Beirut and its southern suburb to areas in Saida and Nabatieh in the south and Bekaa in eastern Lebanon.

Lebanese media are citing the Lebanese Red Cross in reporting the death toll could be at least 300, with many more injured.

The Reuters news agency quoted security sources as saying that at least 12 people had been killed in one attack on a crowded neighborhood in Beirut.

Lebanese hospitals issued an urgent appeal for blood donations as they became overwhelmed with victims, according to sources close to the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah, which has been the main target of Israeli attacks in the past weeks because of its support for Iran’s fight against the US-Israeli aggression.

The intensive attacks came just hours after Iran and the US agreed to the terms of a 15-day ceasefire mediated by Pakistan, which also included a halt to the Israeli aggression on Lebanon.

Israeli regime’s Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir said after Wednesday’s attacks that the regime will continue striking Lebanon and will use every operational opportunity available.

The Israeli aggression on Lebanon has killed hundreds of people and displaced nearly a million from their homes in more than a month of indiscriminate attacks.

The aggression has not deterred Hezbollah, as the group has indicated that it will continue defending Iran and the regional resistance in their fight against the US and Israel.

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