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Spain Summons Israel Envoy after Spanish UN Soldier briefly Held in Lebanon

A soldier of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)
A soldier of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)
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Spain Summons Israel Envoy after Spanish UN Soldier briefly Held in Lebanon

A soldier of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)
A soldier of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)

Spain summoned Israel's top representative to Madrid on Wednesday after the Israeli military briefly arrested a Spanish soldier from the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon, foreign ministry sources said.

Israel's charge d'affaires was summoned "to protest the unjustifiable detention of a Spanish UNIFIL soldier by the Israeli army", the sources said, AFP reported.

UNIFIL on Tuesday said Israeli forces had held one of its peacekeepers "after blocking a logistics convoy", without revealing the nationality. The soldier "was released in less than an hour".

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Lebanon PM Calls on Country's Friends to Help End Israeli Attacks

Smoke rises from the site of Israeli airstrikes in Beirut and its southern suburbs on April 8, 2026. Israel launched a series of strikes on Beirut on April 8, hitting several parts of the capital as well as its southern suburbs, Lebanese state media reported. (Photo by anwar amro / AFP)
Smoke rises from the site of Israeli airstrikes in Beirut and its southern suburbs on April 8, 2026. Israel launched a series of strikes on Beirut on April 8, hitting several parts of the capital as well as its southern suburbs, Lebanese state media reported. (Photo by anwar amro / AFP)
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Lebanon PM Calls on Country's Friends to Help End Israeli Attacks

Smoke rises from the site of Israeli airstrikes in Beirut and its southern suburbs on April 8, 2026. Israel launched a series of strikes on Beirut on April 8, hitting several parts of the capital as well as its southern suburbs, Lebanese state media reported. (Photo by anwar amro / AFP)
Smoke rises from the site of Israeli airstrikes in Beirut and its southern suburbs on April 8, 2026. Israel launched a series of strikes on Beirut on April 8, hitting several parts of the capital as well as its southern suburbs, Lebanese state media reported. (Photo by anwar amro / AFP)

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Wednesday called on his country's friends to help put an end to Israeli attacks following a series of deadly strikes across the country.

In a statement, Salam said that while Beirut "welcomed the agreement between Iran and the United States and intensified our efforts to reach a ceasefire agreement in Lebanon, Israel continues to escalate its attacks".

"All of Lebanon's friends are called upon to help us stop these attacks by all available means," he added, after Israeli strikes that Lebanon's health ministry said killed dozens of people and wounded hundreds more.

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Multiple Israeli Airstrikes Hit Central Beirut Hours after US and Iran Announce Ceasefire

Smoke rises from an explosion in the Abbasiyeh neighbourhood following an Israeli strike, in Tyre, Lebanon, April 8, 2026. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Smoke rises from an explosion in the Abbasiyeh neighbourhood following an Israeli strike, in Tyre, Lebanon, April 8, 2026. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
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Multiple Israeli Airstrikes Hit Central Beirut Hours after US and Iran Announce Ceasefire

Smoke rises from an explosion in the Abbasiyeh neighbourhood following an Israeli strike, in Tyre, Lebanon, April 8, 2026. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Smoke rises from an explosion in the Abbasiyeh neighbourhood following an Israeli strike, in Tyre, Lebanon, April 8, 2026. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

Multiple Israeli airstrikes hit central Beirut hours after US and Iran announce ceasefire.

The Israeli military said it struck around 100 Hezbollah sites across Lebanon on Wednesday, describing the operation as the "largest coordinated strike" since the war with Iran began.

"The -army- completed the largest coordinated strike targeting approximately 100 Hezbollah command centres and military sites" in Beirut, Bekaa, and southern Lebanon, the military said.

"This is the largest strike carried out against Hezbollah infrastructure since the start of Operation Roaring Lion," it said, referring to its military campaign against Iran, which began on February 28. Hezbollah, however, entered the conflict on March 2.

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Berri to Asharq Al-Awsat: Lebanon Included in Ceasefire Deal

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih. dpa
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih. dpa
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Berri to Asharq Al-Awsat: Lebanon Included in Ceasefire Deal

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih. dpa
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih. dpa

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri told Asharq Al-Awsat on Wednesday that the US-Iran-Israel deal to reach a ceasefire also covered the fighting in Lebanon.

He said, however, that Israel did not abide by the two-week ceasefire, in violation of the agreement.

Berri said the deal clearly includes Lebanon, and that this is what should be happening.

He revealed that he had contacted Pakistan, a key mediator, to inform it of Tel Aviv’s failure to comply with the ceasefire, and asked it to communicate with the US to pressure Israel.

Berri added in his remarks to Asharq Al-Awsat that he had contacted more than one party and received confirmations that Lebanon was part of the agreement.

 

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike on the village of Arnoun in southern Lebanon as seen from nearby Marjayoun on April 7, 2026. (Photo by AFP)

However, the speaker did not rule out that Israel may attempt “to undermine the deal, given that it is the party most adversely affected.”

Israel said early Wednesday that the deal doesn’t cover fighting against Hezbollah in Lebanon. Israel’s military said later that fighting and ground operations continue.