Israel has continued to attack Lebanon.

12:53, Thu, Apr 9, 2026 Updated: 13:59, Thu, Apr 9, 2026

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Beirut was attacked by Israel (Image: Getty)

Iran has threatened to attack Israel in retaliation for huge strikes on Lebanon, putting Donald Trump's ceasefire under threat. Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Lebanon is "an integral part of the ceasefire", which is the first point in Tehran's 10-point peace plan.

He warned that "violating the ceasefire carries costs and strong responses", the Tasnim news agency reports. Iran previously threatened to withdraw from the ceasefire agreement if Israel continues to attack Lebanon, though Benjamin Netanyahu doesn't see the country as included in the pause in fighting.

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Iran threatened to withdraw from the ceasefire. (Image: Getty)

Speaking to the Fars news agency, a military source said Tehran is "finalising preparations to carry out a deterrent operation against Zionist regime military positions in the occupied territories".

They said the regime's view is that "either the US is unable to control Netanyahu or that CENTCOM has issued a free-hand order to the Zionist regime".

The Tasnim news agency is also reporting, citing "an informed source", that Iran will withdraw from the ceasefire if Israel continues to attack Lebanon.

They added that Tehran is "identifying targets to respond", warning: "If America cannot restrain its rabid dog in the region, Iran will exceptionally help it in this regard! And by force."

Hezbollah paused attacks on northern Israel and Israeli troops in Lebanon under a two-week US-Iran ceasefire.

However, Israel claims the ceasefire doesn't apply to Lebanon, and subsequently carried out its heaviest strikes on the country since it started attacking last month.

Israel's military spokesman Avichay Adraee said: "The battle in Lebanon continues, and the ceasefire does not include Lebanon."

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said it launched the largest coordinated strike of the war, targeting over 100 Hezbollah command centres and military sites in Beirut, the Bekaa Valley, and southern Lebanon.

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The strikes killed dozens and wounded hundreds, the Lebanese Health Ministry said.

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said the IDF inflicted the largest concentrated blow to Hezbollah since the September 2024 operation that caused thousands of pagers to explode.