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IDF says 50 fighter jets dropped 160 bombs on 100 Hezbollah targets in 10 minutes
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
First responders stand beside wreckage at the site of an Israeli airstrike that struck an apartment building in Beirut, Lebanon, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
The large wave of Israeli airstrikes against Hezbollah across Lebanon involved 50 fighter jets dropping some 160 bombs on 100 targets within 10 minutes, according to the military.
The wave of strikes was given the internal codename “Eternal Darkness.”
The IDF said it bombed around 100 Hezbollah command centers and other military infrastructure in Beirut, the Beqaa Valley and southern Lebanon during the strikes.
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