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On the morning of April 9, Lebanon wakes up after one of the most deadly days of this war. The Israeli strikes on Wednesday resulted in at least 182 deaths according to a provisional assessment by the Ministry of Health, and 254 according to the Civil Defence. Beirut was hit, the South remains under fire, and the Qasmiyeh bridge has aggravated the isolation of entire areas. At the same time, Paris, London, Madrid, Canberra and the UN are calling for Lebanon to be included in the ceasefire, without changing the Israeli-American line for the moment.

Corrective: Israel claims to have killed in Beirut Ali Youssouf Harchi, personal secretary and nephew of Naim Qassem.

The announcement of a ceasefire between Washington and Tehran briefly gave hope for regional de-escalation including Lebanon. But the sequence was reversed in a few hours. While Pakistan, Iran and several European capitals argued that Lebanon should enter the field of the truce, Israel then the United States claimed the opposite. In the aftermath, the Israeli army carried out its most deadly strikes on Lebanon in this phase of war. Seen from Beirut, this day reveals an Israeli diplomatic failure immediately offset by a crushing logic intended to torpedo the ceasefire.

In the morning, a truce seemed possible. In the evening, Lebanon already had its dead. The illusion of a regional ceasefire did not protect Beirut, Saida, Tyre or Bekaa.

The record of Wednesday's Israeli strikes in Lebanon continues to grow. The Ministry of Health reported 112 deaths and 837 injuries in an updated interim report, while the Civil Defence reported 254 deaths and over 1,129 injuries. The figures remain scalable, as relief workers continue to search under rubble and many families are still looking for their loved ones in hospitals and emergency centres.

Hezbollah accuses Israel of massacres against civilians in Lebanon and affirms that the strikes reinforce its determination to continue the resistance.

At 1900 hours, Lebanon launched a day of massive Israeli strikes on Beirut, its suburbs, Saida, Bekaa, Tyre, Hermel and many southern localities. Officially, 89 deaths and 700 injuries were confirmed according to the Ministry of Health relayed by Reuters. Officially, much heavier figures are circulating, exceeding 300 deaths according to several local lifts, without official confirmation consolidated at this time. At the political level, the regional ceasefire already appears emptied of its substance on the Lebanese front.

By excluding Lebanon from the ceasefire with Iran, Trump aligned himself with the Israeli position and reduced the regional scope of the truce.

Joseph Aoun strongly denounced the new Israeli attack on Lebanon, which he described as an additional massacre in a long series of violations. The President holds Israel fully responsible for the consequences of this escalation and calls on the international community to act to stop strikes that it considers to be contrary to the law and commitments made. A statement also aimed at preventing Lebanon from remaining outside of regional de-escalation.

Lebanon lived on 8 April one of the bloodiest days of this war phase. According to the Minister of Health, hundreds of deaths and injuries were recorded following massive Israeli strikes on Beirut, its suburbs, Saida, Bekaa, Tyre, Hermel, Zahlé and many southern localities. In this national carnage, Chmistar symbolizes horror: 10 people were killed while waiting for a funeral procession.

The ceasefire between Washington and Tehran is already colliding with the Lebanese front. Israel claims that the truce does not apply to Lebanon, but Pakistan, Iran and several European partners argue that it should be part of it. In continuing its strikes on Lebanese territory, the Hebrew State not only challenged this reading, but also revived a history of truce violations, from the post-2006 overflights to the violations denounced after the truce of 2024.

The Israeli strike at the Nasereddine supermarket in Hay El Sellom caused a new wave of shock in the southern suburbs of Beirut. In the following hours, many calls for blood donation were circulated to respond to the influx of wounded people. This attack is part of a day of intense bombing of Beirut, Saida, Bekaa and South Lebanon, despite the announced truce between Washington and Tehran.

Israel claimed a large-scale operation in Lebanon, claiming to have hit about 100 Hezbollah sites in about 10 minutes in Beirut, Bekaa and the south of the country. On the ground, strikes were reported on Saida, Hey al-Sellom, the southern suburbs of Beirut, the heights of Shamshtar, Arab Salim, Tiri, Jouya, Qlaouiyah, Kunine and Majdal Selm. This sequence confirms that the Lebanese front remains fully active despite the regional truce.

Donald Trump said on 8 April that the United States would work with Iran to extract "buried" nuclear material, following the two-week ceasefire between Washington and Tehran. This declaration places nuclear power at the centre of the negotiations, but Tehran has not publicly confirmed this pattern. Between the American political display and the vagueness of the concrete modalities, this dossier announced as one of the first tests of the strength of the truce.