Israel launched its largest wave of airstrikes in Lebanon on April 8, 2026, killing over 300 people just as a US-brokered ceasefire was intended to take effect. The episode also examines the ongoing shadow war at the Lavan Island oil refinery and the arrest of a former Australian soldier for war crimes in Afghanistan.

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