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On April 8, 2026, Israel launched its largest coordinated airstrike campaign of the Lebanon war — 50 jets dropping 160 bombs on over 100 targets in 10 minutes — killing at least 254 people and wounding more than 1,100. The strikes, which hit central Beirut without warning hours after a US-Iran ceasefire took effect, triggered Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz and a diplomatic crisis over whether Lebanon was included in the truce, with oil prices surging past $114 per barrel.