For now, links to SEVEN reports: from the Associated Press, Al Jazeera, Reuters, Middle East Eye, and the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials as highlighted. (Scroll down for LEBANON 4-8-26. Scroll up for today’s IRAN so far.) — MCM
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Israel strike central Beirut, killing at least 182 people after Iran ceasefire, by Kareem Chehayeb and Abby Sewell | AP BEIRUT — Israeli strikes hit busy commercial and residential areas in central Beirut without warning on Wednesday, hours after a ceasefire was announced in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. Lebanon said at least 182 people were killed and hundreds were wounded, making it the deadliest day in the latest Israel-Hezbollah war. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others; and HERE for AP “live updates” on Iran war and ceasefire. Click HERE for report from Al Jazeera.
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Iran war day 41: What’s happening in Lebanon, Middle East and beyond? by Elizabeth Melimopoulos of Al Jazeera and Reuters Lebanon has declared a national day of mourning after a wave of Israeli attacks killed at least 254 people and injured more than 1,165 in a single day, with Prime Minister Nawaf Salam mobilising “all of Lebanon’s political and diplomatic resources to stop the Israeli killing machine.” READ MORE . . .
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Lebanese government calls for direct talks with Israel. From Middle East Eye. The move, reported by Al Jazeera correspondents in Lebanon, comes amid the heaviest Israeli strikes on the region in six weeks, which killed more than 250 people on Wednesday.
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FROM APRIL 8 Massive Israeli bombing of Lebanon kills, injures hundreds in Beirut alone. From the Cradle. The Israeli army launched a massive wave of brutal and deadly airstrikes on the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on the afternoon of 8 April, hours after rejecting the inclusion of Lebanon in a newly announced ceasefire initiative to end the war in Iran. READ MORE . . .
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Ceasefire in the Iran war teeters in the face of disagreements over Lebanon and the Strait of Hormuz, by Jon Gambrell and Elena Becatoros | AP DUBAI — A tentative ceasefire in the Iran war staggered today under the weight of Israel’s intense bombardment of Beirut, Tehran’s continued chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz, and uncertainty over whether negotiators can find common ground on a range of other differences. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others; and HERE for AP “live updates” on Iran war and ceasefire.
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FROM APRIL 8 U.S. and Iran may have to talk ‘as guns are firing,’ by Sean Mathews | Middle East Eye The U.S. was racing to salvage a ceasefire with Iran on Wednesday that appeared to collapse as a result of deadly Israeli attacks on Lebanon and an unclaimed strike on an energy facility on Iran’s Lavan Island. READ MORE . . .
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