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Will deadly Israeli attacks in Lebanon shatter US-Iran ceasefire? – The Latest

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The Guardian

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4.65.9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2026

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Israel has intensified its bombing campaign in Lebanon, prompting Iran to warn it could withdraw from the ceasefire agreed with the US. Hundreds have been killed since the agreement was announced, after Israeli forces launched mass strikes on densely populated areas. Israel says the strikes are aimed at the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah, while Iran claims they are a blatant violation of the ceasefire. Iran and Pakistan claim the agreement included Lebanon, but Donald Trump called it ‘a separate skirmish’. Lucy Hough speaks to Beirut-based reporter William Christou watch on YouTube. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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0:00.0

This is The Guardian.

0:10.3

They committed one of the largest mass killings in the last four decades in Lebanon in just under 10 minutes.

0:18.6

It's sort of hard to imagine that the people in the negotiating room didn't realize that Lebanon

0:23.6

could be the stumbling block that breaks the ceasefire. Because Iran was very clear, Pakistan was very

0:28.5

clear that Lebanon should be included.

0:30.4

I think this comes from a legitimate misunderstanding. I think the Iranians thought that

0:35.1

the ceasefire included Lebanon and it just didn't.

0:38.3

We never made that promise.

0:39.3

It seems like Israel is determined to make sure that whatever ceasefire happens, it doesn't happen in Lebanon.

0:45.3

It wants this war to keep going.

0:47.3

Israel bombards Lebanon with a massive wave of airstrikes, including in Beirut, which Iran now says is a blatant violation of the ceasefire.

0:57.7

So is the agreement already collapsing.

1:00.6

From the Guardians today in focus, this is the latest with me, Lucy Hoth.

1:05.8

Well, I'm joined by Will Christi, a Guardian reporter based in Beirut.

1:09.3

Will, thanks so much for dialing in.

1:10.8

You're in East Beirut at the moment, right, after sort of extraordinary 24 hours of Israeli strikes and violence, including in Beirut where you are.

1:22.2

I mean, 100 bombs in 10 minutes.

1:26.0

Hospitals reported to be in a very overwhelmed and dire condition and

1:31.0

hundreds killed. Just tell me what it's like where you are and what the last 24 hours have been like.

1:37.7

Yeah. Thanks for having me, Lucy. The last 24 hours have been very happy. You know, immediately we heard a series of explosions that were louder than the things we're used to yesterday, around 2 p.m.

1:52.0

And then pictures started to come in of buildings that were collapsed, plumes of smoke all over the city.

1:58.2

And you just started hearing ambulances.

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