- Israeli strikes on Lebanon on Wednesday resulted in at least 254 deaths and 1,165 injuries, according to Lebanon's Civil Defence.
- The Israeli military described the bombardment as its "largest strike" on Lebanon since the conflict began, targeting over 100 Hezbollah sites in Beirut, Beqaa, and southern Lebanon within 10 minutes.
- Plumes of black smoke filled Beirut skies as residents searched through rubble following the extensive attacks.
- In response, Iran-backed Hezbollah claimed rocket attacks on Manara in northern Israel early Thursday morning.
- Hezbollah stated its retaliatory actions would persist until the "Israeli-American aggression" against Lebanon ceases, with the strikes testing a fragile US-Iran ceasefire.
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