BBC traces how Israeli strikes brought devastation to Lebanon | BBC News

On the afternoon of 8 April in the southern suburbs of Beirut, the neighbourhood of Hay el Sellom was hit by an Israeli air strike.

It was part of a deadly wave of strikes that begun at 14.15 local time and saw about 100 targets across Lebanon hit in the space of just 10 minutes, according to Israel.

The destruction wrought in this brief window would surpass that of any other day in this war. The stated targets included Hezbollah command centres and military sites, but among the casualties were many ordinary Lebanese citizens.

The death toll for the day reached 361, according to the Lebanese authorities, with more than 1,000 injured. In the weeks after the attack, the BBC World Service visited some of the areas hit to piece together what happened on that day.

Hezbollah denied the Israeli claim that it embeds military infrastructure in civilian areas. It added that it never wanted war and is acting in self defence.

The Israeli Defence Force said it killed 250 Hezbollah operators on 8 April. The Lebanese Ministry of Health disputes this, saying the vast majority of those killed were civilians.

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