The Independent<\/em>, Israeli military spokesperson LTC Nadav Shoshani said the military was following those orders, bombing dozens of targets including Hezbollah and Iranian military infrastructure.<\/p>\n\u201cIn Lebanon we are continuing our operations against Hezbollah. That\u2019s the current situation right now, in the current guidance we\u2019ve received [from the political echelon],\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have different plans for different scenarios. As of now, the mission remains to push back [Hezbollah] and keep degrading it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lt Col Shoshani claimed the operation was the result of \u201cmeticulous planning over weeks\u201d and that among the areas hit were Hezbollah headquarters, its firepower and its aerial units.<\/p>\n
But many of the strikes hit densely packed civilian neighbourhoods not affiliated with Hezbollah.<\/p>\n
Medics said hospitals were overwhelmed by the wounded.<\/p>\n
Speaking from a medical centre in Beirut, Ghassan Abu Sittah, renowned British-Palestinian surgeon who has treated the wounded in Gaza and Lebanon, called Israel\u2019s unprecedented bombardment \u201can absolute massacre\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cEmergency departments have been flooded across the whole of Beirut. We had the first wave and now we\u2019re getting the second wave of people being dug out of the rubble. It\u2019s horrendous.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of people are being brought in dead, a lot of children with severe injuries,\u201d he told\u00a0The Independent.\u00a0<\/em>\u201cIt\u2019s an absolute massacre and it happened almost simultaneously,\u201d he added.<\/p>\nIn Baalbek, meanwhile, Zainab\u2019s 20-year-old son Mahdi, who had also been rescued from the rubble, said they \u201cwere given no warning\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were feeling safe at home, assuming the war was over and waiting for a statement from the Lebanese government announcing it after the ceasefire agreement with Iran was announced in Washington,\u201d he said from his hospital bed where he had received stitches.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the morning, we celebrated this news, and in the afternoon, Israel destroyed our house. My mother, father, and I were injured, while my sister and her young son, thank God, escaped with very minor injuries.”<\/p>\n
Iran, the United States and Israel had agreed to a two-week ceasefire on Tuesday, an 11th-hour deal that headed off US president Donald Trump’s threat to unleash a bombing campaign that would destroy Iranian civilisation.<\/p>\n
Hours after the announcement, Israel bombed Lebanon and Iran and Gulf Arab countries reported new attacks on Wednesday, although it was not clear if the strikes would scuttle the deal.<\/p>\n
A source briefed on the Israeli position later told\u00a0The Independent<\/em>\u00a0there was no intention of Lebanon being part of a peace deal.<\/p>\n\u201cWe reached most of our targets in Iran. We caused a lot of damage. We set Iran back several years. But now is the time to focus on Hezbollah,\u201d the source said, adding that Israelis are \u201cdisappointed\u201d with the ceasefire.<\/p>\n
\u201cIsrael cannot run two huge battlegrounds simultaneously\u2026 It would be very hard for Netanyahu to sell a ceasefire with Lebanon at the moment. The entire country just wants the job done.\u201d<\/p>\n
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