Iraq Says Israel Strikes on Lebanon Show ‘Plan to Sabotage’ Iran Truce

 Rescuers gather on a destroyed religious complex that was hit in an Israeli airstrike in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP)
Rescuers gather on a destroyed religious complex that was hit in an Israeli airstrike in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP)
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Iraq Says Israel Strikes on Lebanon Show ‘Plan to Sabotage’ Iran Truce

 Rescuers gather on a destroyed religious complex that was hit in an Israeli airstrike in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP)
Rescuers gather on a destroyed religious complex that was hit in an Israeli airstrike in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP)

Iraqi authorities on Wednesday condemned Israeli strikes that killed dozens in Lebanon, saying they indicated that Israel was seeking to scupper the two-week ceasefire agreed by Iran and the United States.

"The government expresses its condemnation of the brutal attacks that the Zionist occupation army committed against civilians in a number of Lebanese cities," Iraqi government spokesman Bassem al-Awadi said in a statement.

The Israeli government's "continued aggressive approach that seeks to perpetuate conflict... is evidence of its hostile plan to sabotage the truce", he added.