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S8 Ep742: 7. Operation Roaring Lion and Strikes on Beirut. David Daoud details the IDF's Operation Eternal Darkness, which targeted 100 Hezbollah sites in under ten minutes. The strikes hit densely populated areas of Beirut, causing massive displacement and raising

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🗓️ 14 April 2026

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7. Operation Roaring Lion and Strikes on Beirut. David Daoud details the IDF's Operation Eternal Darkness, which targeted 100 Hezbollah sites in under ten minutes. The strikes hit densely populated areas of Beirut, causing massive displacement and raising questions about tactical objectives.
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I'm John Bachelor, Bill Rajo, Senior Fellow Foundation for Defense of Democracy, my colleague and co-host,

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Eternal Darkness. We welcome David Dayud of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy,

0:29.1

writing a Long War Journal following recent information from Lebanon, the IDF campaign against

0:36.4

the Hezboah and eternal darkness.

0:40.2

What I'm told is an operational order.

0:43.5

David, a very good evening to you.

0:45.7

The way this was presented to me is that in 10 minutes, the attack was over.

0:51.4

What attack, what eternal darkness.

0:53.2

Good evening to you.

0:55.0

Good evening, John. So according to the IDF, they launched, I think it was 100 air strikes, or rather, attacked 100 Hezbollah targets in under 10 minutes throughout all of Lebanon. And what was hit exactly? The IDF listed it. I think there was, you know, Redwan force assets,

1:14.2

launchers,

1:15.0

the, you know,

1:15.4

the Hezbollah assets of different kinds.

1:16.9

They didn't specify what they hit per region.

1:20.6

There wasn't a regional breakdown in the IDF subsequent statement.

1:26.1

And the,

1:27.3

I mean, I guess the focus, if you want to call it that, or at least the maximum

1:34.6

impact on human life occurred in Beirut, which kind of gives the impression that Beirut was

1:40.8

more intensely hit than other areas. And, I mean, that could just be because Beirut is a intensely hit than other areas.

1:45.1

And I mean, that could just be because Beirut is a much more densely populated area than the other areas.

1:49.8

But at 1139 a.m., if I recall correctly, recalling the timestamp, IDF Arabic spokesperson,

1:59.2

A.Khijadr, Colonel A. HaydHadrai, had issued a warning to the residents of several neighborhoods in Dahlia,

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