DUBAI/BEIRUT/ISLAMABAD, April 9 (Reuters) – Israel bombed more targets in Lebanon on Thursday, putting the U.S.-Iran ​ceasefire into further jeopardy after the biggest Israeli attacks on its neighbour of the war killed more than 250 people and threatened to torpedo Donald Trump’s truce.

In Pakistan, authorities locked down the capital Islamabad in ‌anticipation of the war’s first peace talks, cutting off all access to a 3-km (2-mile) zone around the five-star luxury Serena Hotel. Both the U.S. and Iranian delegations are expected to stay at the hotel, which told all guests to check out until Sunday as it had been “requisitioned” for “an important event”.

But there was no sign Iran had lifted its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, which has caused the worst disruption to global energy supplies in history. Tehran said there would be no deal as long as Israel was striking Lebanon.

The spot price that European and Asian refineries pay now for oil rose further to ​record levels near $150 a barrel, with even higher prices for some products such as jet fuel.

Israel, which invaded Lebanon last month in parallel with the war on Iran to root out the Iran-aligned armed group Hezbollah, says its actions ​there are not covered by the ceasefire announced late on Tuesday by Trump.

Washington has also said Lebanon is not covered by the truce, but Iran and Pakistan, which acted as mediator, ⁠say it was explicitly part of the deal. A host of countries, including Britain and France, said the truce should extend to Lebanon.
A Pakistani source with knowledge of the discussions said Pakistan was working on a ceasefire for Lebanon, as well as for ​Yemen, another country where Israel has hit Iran-aligned forces: “It will be discussed during the (upcoming) talks and we will settle it.”
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The Israeli military said on Thursday it had killed the nephew of Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Naim Qassem, who had ​served as his personal secretary, and struck river crossings in southern Lebanon overnight.
Israel struck Beirut’s southern suburbs just before midnight and at dawn, and hit towns across the south on Thursday morning, Lebanese state media said.

For its part, Hezbollah, which had initially said it would pause attacks on Israel in line with the ceasefire, said it was resuming them on Thursday morning and had fired once across the border and twice at Israeli forces in southern Lebanon.
Lebanon declared a day of national mourning and shut state offices, while rescuers worked through the night to free the wounded and ​the dead from under the rubble of buildings blasted apart by Israel without customary warnings to residents to flee.
Outside Beirut’s Rafik Hariri University Hospital, a steady stream of ambulances kept arriving throughout Thursday afternoon, driving past the emergency room entrance straight to ​the forensic department.

“We’re picking up body parts for the most part. It’s very rare that we find entire bodies intact,” said a rescue worker on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to the press.