World reacts to ‘brutal’ Israeli attacks on Lebanon after US-Iran truce
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/8/world-reacts-to-brutal-israeli-attacks-on-lebanon-amid-us-iran-ceasefire
Israeli forces have carried out a devastating bombardment across Lebanon, killing hundreds of people, hours after a two-week ceasefire was announced in the United States-Israeli war on Iran.
Lebanon’s Civil Defence said at least 254 people were killed and 1,165 others were wounded in air strikes that targeted areas in Beirut, the Bekaa Valley, Mount Lebanon, Sidon, and several villages in southern Lebanon.
In a written statement, the head of Lebanon’s syndicate of doctors, Elias Chlela, urgently called for “all physicians from all specialities” to head to any hospital they could to offer help, with one of Beirut’s biggest hospitals saying it needed donations of all blood types.
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri called the attacks on densely populated areas a “full-fledged war crime.”
Qatari foreign ministry condemned the “brutal series” of Israeli attacks on Lebanon that had killed hundreds of people, calling the attacks a “dangerous escalation and a flagrant violation of the sovereignty of the sister Lebanese Republic, the rules of international humanitarian law, and United Nations Security Council Resolution (1701).”
Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs called Israel’s attacks on Lebanon had a “premeditated intent” to undermine regional and international efforts to reduce escalation.
Turkish foreign ministry said in a statement that it “firmly” condemns Israel’s attacks on Lebanon. “These attacks are worsening the humanitarian situation in the country,” said the ministry.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Netanyahu’s “contempt for life and international law is intolerable” in light of the attacks.
Italian Italy Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said he spoke to the Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and expressed solidarity for the “unjustified and unacceptable attacks he is suffering from Israel.” “We want to avoid there being a second Gaza."
United Nations deputy spokesperson for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Farhan Haq, said the UN “strongly condemns” Israel’s attacks on Lebanon.
UN rights chief Volker Turk said the attacks were “horrific”. “The scale of the killing and destruction in Lebanon today is nothing short of horrific,”
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said it was “outraged by the devastating death and destruction” in densely populated areas across Lebanon.