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In southern Lebanon, UNIFIL accuses the Israeli army of having hit two of its vehicles, blocked its patrols and damaged several equipment along the Blue Line. The UN mission believes that these obstacles violate resolution 1701 and directly undermine its freedom of movement and the exercise of its mandate.

The official record of the Israeli attacks on Lebanon reached 2,055 deaths and 6,588 injuries by 12 April. In the South, strikes continue to kill, while Bint Jbeil remains at the heart of the fighting. Hezbollah continues its fire, without any sign of military calm this Sunday on the ground.

The announcement of an American blockade of the Strait of Ormuz, followed by a 50% tariff threat against countries that would help Iran militarily, puts Donald Trump at the centre of a global crisis. The stakes go beyond the Gulf: oil, gas, freight, fertilizer, inflation and rivalry with China are now linked to the future of a passage through which a decisive share of global energy flows.

The failure of Islamabad further weakens Lebanon, returned to Washington without real leverage against Israel. Between fighting in southern Lebanon, strikes on Nabatiyah and a fuzzy truce around Beirut, Beirut may be pushed to negotiate under pressure, in a diplomatic framework that is already biased by the military power ratio.

After the Israeli strikes on 8 April in Lebanon, hospitals issued urgent appeals for blood donation to deal with the influx of wounded people. In this context, diplomatic representations, including Poland and Australia, participated directly in the Beirut collection. This simple but very strong gesture gave a concrete face to international solidarity, as the country faced one of the most deadly days of recent escalation.

The global ceasefire expected in Lebanon is not a settlement. It is used to organize a political transition in which each actor can assert that he or she has achieved satisfaction without recognizing a setback. Islamabad holds the Iranian-American lock and allows Iran to enter the sequence after satisfying its condition on Lebanon. Washington then serves as the front of the Lebanon-Israel cycle, with an intact danger: that of unacceptable compromise carried by a Lebanon present in the scene, but without real background maps.

An immediate ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon could be announced tomorrow, according to Israel Hayom. This announcement would open a phase of direct negotiations in Washington, but the terms of the agreement remain unknown. For Beirut, stopping strikes is a prerequisite. For Tehran, Lebanon's inclusion in de-escalation is also a credibility test for the Islamabad Canal. Behind the expected announcement, it is therefore all the regional architecture of the truce that is being played.

#8Aprilexplained: A ceasefire between Washington and Tehran did not mean regional peace, but it profoundly changed the political framework of the war. In this analysis, Israel had an interest in breaking this sequence before it settled, as it reduced its narrative margin, increased its diplomatic isolation and risked loosening the political fabric around Hezbollah in Lebanon. An escalation of magnitude could then serve not only to resume the military initiative, but also to push Iran and Hezbollah to react, in order to bring them the political cost of breaking up the Iran-American process, especially at the sensitive moment of the Islamabad discussions.

The Israeli army claims to have killed more than 1,400 Hezbollah fighters and destroyed more than 4,300 infrastructure in South Lebanon. But these figures, which cannot be independently verified, face another reality: about 1,700 deaths in Lebanon since 2 March, more than 1 million internally displaced persons and recent strikes on densely populated areas that have caused hundreds of victims. A critical reading is required in the face of a highly calibrated war communication.

An Israeli strike on the Nabatiyeh Government Serail killed at least 17 people, according to the latest available, still provisional. The victims include members of the State Security Service and, according to initial information, other Lebanese security personnel. The attack this time strikes the administrative and security heart of the state in South Lebanon, and further weakens the Israeli version of a strictly targeted war.

Naim Qassem hardened the tone in a speech to the Lebanese, between tribute to the victims, refusal of concessions and political challenge to Israel.

Trump is targeting NATO and several Maga influencers after Iran's war and a truce that divides its allies as its base.

The Conference of Bishops of France calls on Catholics to gather Saturday, April 11 at 6 p.m. to pray for peace in Lebanon. In a statement issued on Thursday, Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline expresses his sadness, indignation and solidarity after the Israeli strikes of 8 April. He condemned an operation which he considered intolerable, called for respect for international law and also called for support for the East Work to help Lebanese people.

The results of the Israeli strikes of 8 April in Lebanon now exceed 300 deaths according to the Ministry of Health. This increase confirms the magnitude of mass carnage, while relief efforts continue to search under the rubble and Lebanese hospitals remain under continuous extreme pressure.