BBC traces how 10 minutes of Israeli bombing brought devastation to Lebanon
A BBC verification investigation has reconstructed a short, intense Israeli air operation over southern Lebanon last week, drawing on satellite imagery, video footage and survivor testimony. The reporting shows extensive damage to multiple buildings and civilian injuries within roughly ten minutes. The Israeli military says it targeted Hezbollah positions.
A BBC verification investigation has reconstructed an hour-by-hour timeline of a short, intense Israeli air operation in southern Lebanon last week, combining satellite imagery, social-media video and on-the-ground testimony. The work focuses on a single concentrated window of strikes.
The data show that within less than ten minutes, multiple structures, including buildings used by civilians, were damaged, and casualties were transported to nearby clinics. Lebanon's health ministry has published updated figures on the wounded and missing.
The Israeli military says the targets were Hezbollah weapons depots and command infrastructure. Hezbollah maintains that some of the sites struck were civilian buildings. The BBC's methodology publishes only the elements independently verified through coordinates and damage assessments, while clearly attributing each side's contested claims to its source.
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