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Families in Lebanon still search rubble for loved ones killed in a day of Israeli strikes

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Tomorrow marks four weeks since the day known as "Black Wednesday" in Lebanon. The Israeli military, claiming to be targeting Hezbollah militants, unleashed an unprecedented aerial campaign on April 8 that killed more than 350 people in a matter of minutes. Special correspondent Simon Foltyn reports. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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0:00.0

Tomorrow marks four weeks since the day now known as Black Wednesday in Lebanon.

0:06.0

On April 8th, the Israeli military, claiming to target Hezbollah militants,

0:10.0

unleashed an unprecedented aerial campaign, killing more than 350 people in a matter of minutes.

0:17.0

Special correspondent Simon Fultin reports.

0:20.0

For days after Israel struck this Beirut neighborhood on April 8th, Ali Aboud kept coming back to look for his sister, Zahra.

0:29.6

With the help of rescue workers, he's making a final attempt to find her underneath the rubble of what used to be his aunt's home.

0:36.6

They will start by moving the rubble over there. to be his aunt's home.

0:39.2

They will start by moving the rubble over there.

0:41.8

They will see if there's anything, if there's a smell,

0:44.9

and they will leave the removal of the rubble until the very end.

0:48.8

Zahra was 26 years old, the youngest of four siblings.

0:52.9

She held a bachelor's in biochemistry and was pursuing her masters.

0:56.0

A young, promising life wiped out in the blink of an eye in what the Israeli military called Operation Eternal Darkness.

1:02.0

It was April 8th, the first day of the ceasefire between the U.S., Israel and Iran.

1:07.0

Just when many Lebanese thought the worst was over, Israel dropped more than 100 bombs on Lebanon in the span of just 10 minutes.

1:16.2

The unprecedented attack hit densely populated neighborhoods during Beirut's afternoon rush hour

1:22.0

and without warning.

1:24.1

Einel Mreise on Beirut's waterfront Corniche, once themed safe, was attacked for the first

1:29.6

time that day.

1:32.0

My dad called me that there was a strike on your aunt's house and your sisters can't be

1:35.5

found.

1:36.5

When we first started the search, we pulled out 22 bodies.

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