Rescue workers at the site of an Israeli air strike in the Corniche El Mazraa area of Beirut. Photograph: Diego Ibarra Sanchez/New York TimesBodies were still arriving in Beirut’s Rafik Hariri University Hospital on Thursday afternoon, 24 hours after a wave of more than 100 Israeli air strikes killed hundreds of people across Lebanon. A Lebanese woman takes pictures of the destruction at the site of an Israeli air strike that targeted a building the day before in Beirut's Corniche al-Mazraa neighbourhood on April 9th. The wave of air strikes drew condemnation from Lebanese officials and international organisations. “I think they don’t have any more targets, they’re doing the same thing they did to Gaza ... ethnically cleansing,” Khorbatey said of the Israeli military.

Source: The Irish Times April 10, 2026 10:06 UTC