Desk Correspondent , Tehran - Despite the fragile 14 day US‑Iran ceasefire, Israel has launched a massive wave of air and missile strikes across Lebanon, killing at least 254 people in a single day and wounding over 1,100, according to Lebanese civil defence and local media reports. The attacks, concentrated in Beirut and other urban centres, mark the heaviest bombardment of Lebanon since the start of the current war, with more than 100 strikes reportedly fired within a 10 minute span.

Israeli officials have defended the strikes as targeted operations against Hezbollah infrastructure and personnel, claiming they are unrelated to the new US‑Iran truce governing the Strait of Hormuz and broader Gulf security. Jerusalem insists that Lebanon and Hezbollah’s military activities fall outside the scope of the Iran‑US agreement and that it retains the right to defend its territory from rocket and missile threats emanating from southern Lebanon. The United States has echoed this line, stating that the ceasefire with Iran does not automatically extend to Israel’s security considerations and that the Lebanese campaign is being conducted separately, even as Washington privately urges restraint and calls for de‑escalation.

Iran has strongly condemned the attacks, calling them a violation of the ceasefire framework and warning of possible retaliation if Israel does not stop. The assault has sparked fresh international concern about a widening regional war, with Lebanon’s government appealing for urgent humanitarian and diplomatic support as hospitals struggle to cope with hundreds of casualties.