diff --git a/ts/components/lightbox/Lightbox.tsx b/ts/components/lightbox/Lightbox.tsx
index 73fa3aa6f0..20f55228a8 100644
--- a/ts/components/lightbox/Lightbox.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/lightbox/Lightbox.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
-import { CSSProperties, MouseEvent, useRef, type Ref } from 'react';
+import {
+  CSSProperties,
+  MouseEvent,
+  useCallback,
+  useEffect,
+  useRef,
+  useState,
+  type Ref,
+} from 'react';
 
 import { isUndefined } from 'lodash';
 import useUnmount from 'react-use/lib/useUnmount';
@@ -28,6 +36,11 @@ type Props = {
 
 const CONTROLS_WIDTH = 50;
 const CONTROLS_SPACING = 10;
+const MIN_SCALE = 1;
+const MAX_SCALE = 10;
+const ZOOM_SENSITIVITY = 0.002;
+// Successive scales the double-click zoom steps through before cycling back to fit-to-screen.
+const DOUBLE_CLICK_ZOOM_STEPS = [2.5, MAX_SCALE];
 
 const styles = {
   container: {
@@ -60,6 +73,7 @@ const styles = {
     flexGrow: 1,
     display: 'inline-flex',
     justifyContent: 'center',
+    overflow: 'hidden',
   } as CSSProperties,
   objectParentContainer: {
     flexGrow: 1,
@@ -183,8 +197,128 @@ const LightboxObject = ({
 }) => {
   const { urlToLoad } = useEncryptedFileFetch(objectURL, contentType, false);
 
+  // scale: 1 = fit-to-screen. translate is in px, relative to centered origin.
+  const [scale, setScale] = useState(1);
+  const [translate, setTranslate] = useState({ x: 0, y: 0 });
+  const isDragging = useRef(false);
+  const didDrag = useRef(false);
+  const dragStart = useRef({ x: 0, y: 0 });
+  const containerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+
+  // Keep the latest scale/translate available to the native wheel listener without
+  // having to re-register it on every zoom step.
+  const scaleRef = useRef(scale);
+  const translateRef = useRef(translate);
+  scaleRef.current = scale;
+  translateRef.current = translate;
+
+  // Double-click zoom sequence tracking. dblClickStepRef is the index into
+  // DOUBLE_CLICK_ZOOM_STEPS for the next double-click; lastDblClickScaleRef is the scale we
+  // last set via double-click (null when the current zoom came from the wheel instead).
+  const dblClickStepRef = useRef(0);
+  const lastDblClickScaleRef = useRef<number | null>(null);
+
+  // Clamp a translate to the scaled overflow so the image edges can't be dragged past the
+  // container (which would leave empty space / let the image be lost off-screen).
+  const clampTranslate = useCallback(
+    (tx: number, ty: number, atScale: number) => {
+      const container = containerRef.current;
+      const img = renderedRef?.current as HTMLElement | null;
+      if (!container || !img) {
+        return { x: tx, y: ty };
+      }
+      const overflowX = Math.max(0, (img.offsetWidth * atScale - container.clientWidth) / 2);
+      const overflowY = Math.max(0, (img.offsetHeight * atScale - container.clientHeight) / 2);
+      return {
+        x: Math.min(overflowX, Math.max(-overflowX, tx)),
+        y: Math.min(overflowY, Math.max(-overflowY, ty)),
+      };
+    },
+    [renderedRef]
+  );
+
+  // Zoom to a target scale while keeping the point under (clientX, clientY) fixed on screen.
+  // Shared by the wheel and double-click handlers.
+  const applyZoom = useCallback(
+    (targetScale: number, clientX: number, clientY: number) => {
+      const container = containerRef.current;
+      if (!container) {
+        return;
+      }
+      const currentScale = scaleRef.current;
+      const currentTranslate = translateRef.current;
+      const clampedScale = Math.min(MAX_SCALE, Math.max(MIN_SCALE, targetScale));
+      if (clampedScale === currentScale) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const rect = container.getBoundingClientRect();
+      // Pointer position relative to container center (the transform origin)
+      const pointerX = clientX - rect.left - rect.width / 2;
+      const pointerY = clientY - rect.top - rect.height / 2;
+
+      // Adjust translate so the point under the pointer stays fixed
+      const scaleFactor = clampedScale / currentScale;
+      const newTranslateX = pointerX - scaleFactor * (pointerX - currentTranslate.x);
+      const newTranslateY = pointerY - scaleFactor * (pointerY - currentTranslate.y);
+
+      setScale(clampedScale);
+      // Snap translate back to zero when returning to fit-to-screen
+      if (clampedScale === MIN_SCALE) {
+        setTranslate({ x: 0, y: 0 });
+      } else {
+        setTranslate(clampTranslate(newTranslateX, newTranslateY, clampedScale));
+      }
+    },
+    [clampTranslate]
+  );
+
+  const resetZoom = useCallback(() => {
+    setScale(1);
+    setTranslate({ x: 0, y: 0 });
+    dblClickStepRef.current = 0;
+    lastDblClickScaleRef.current = null;
+  }, []);
+
+  // Reset zoom and pan whenever the displayed image changes (prev/next navigation)
+  useEffect(() => {
+    resetZoom();
+  }, [objectURL, resetZoom]);
+
   const isImageTypeSupported = GoogleChrome.isImageTypeSupported(contentType);
 
+  // Register the wheel listener natively with { passive: false } so we can call
+  // preventDefault(). React's onWheel is passive by default, which both prints
+  // "Unable to preventDefault inside passive event listener invocation" and fails
+  // to stop the page from scrolling while zooming.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const container = containerRef.current;
+    if (!container || !isImageTypeSupported) {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+
+    const handleWheelNative = (e: WheelEvent) => {
+      // ctrlKey is true for pinch-to-zoom on macOS trackpads as well as Ctrl+scroll on all platforms
+      if (!e.ctrlKey && !e.metaKey) {
+        return;
+      }
+      e.preventDefault();
+      e.stopPropagation();
+
+      const delta = -e.deltaY * ZOOM_SENSITIVITY;
+      applyZoom(scaleRef.current * (1 + delta), e.clientX, e.clientY);
+
+      // A wheel zoom breaks out of the double-click sequence, so the next double-click resets.
+      dblClickStepRef.current = 0;
+      lastDblClickScaleRef.current = null;
+    };
+
+    container.addEventListener('wheel', handleWheelNative, { passive: false });
+    return () => {
+      container.removeEventListener('wheel', handleWheelNative);
+    };
+  }, [isImageTypeSupported, applyZoom]);
+
   // auto play video on showing a video attachment
   useUnmount(() => {
     if (!renderedRef?.current) {
@@ -195,14 +329,102 @@ const LightboxObject = ({
   const disableDrag = useDisableDrag();
 
   if (isImageTypeSupported) {
+    const isZoomed = scale > 1;
+
+    const handleMouseDown = (e: React.MouseEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
+      if (!isZoomed) {
+        return;
+      }
+      isDragging.current = true;
+      didDrag.current = false;
+      dragStart.current = { x: e.clientX - translate.x, y: e.clientY - translate.y };
+      e.preventDefault();
+      e.stopPropagation();
+    };
+
+    const handleMouseMove = (e: React.MouseEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
+      if (!isDragging.current) {
+        return;
+      }
+      didDrag.current = true;
+      e.stopPropagation();
+      setTranslate(
+        clampTranslate(
+          e.clientX - dragStart.current.x,
+          e.clientY - dragStart.current.y,
+          scaleRef.current
+        )
+      );
+    };
+
+    const handleMouseUp = (e: React.MouseEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
+      if (isDragging.current) {
+        e.stopPropagation();
+      }
+      isDragging.current = false;
+    };
+
+    const handleDoubleClick = (e: React.MouseEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
+      e.stopPropagation();
+
+      const currentScale = scaleRef.current;
+      // Whether the current zoom came from our double-click sequence (vs. a wheel zoom).
+      const inSequence =
+        lastDblClickScaleRef.current !== null && currentScale === lastDblClickScaleRef.current;
+
+      // Zoomed in some other way (wheel) -> reset straight back to fit-to-screen.
+      if (currentScale > MIN_SCALE && !inSequence) {
+        resetZoom();
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const step = inSequence ? dblClickStepRef.current : 0;
+      // Past the last zoom step -> cycle back to fit-to-screen.
+      if (step >= DOUBLE_CLICK_ZOOM_STEPS.length) {
+        resetZoom();
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const targetScale = DOUBLE_CLICK_ZOOM_STEPS[step];
+      applyZoom(targetScale, e.clientX, e.clientY);
+      dblClickStepRef.current = step + 1;
+      lastDblClickScaleRef.current = targetScale;
+    };
+
+    const imgStyle: CSSProperties = {
+      ...styles.object,
+      transform: `scale(${scale}) translate(${translate.x / scale}px, ${translate.y / scale}px)`,
+      transformOrigin: 'center center',
+      transition: isDragging.current ? 'none' : 'transform 0.05s ease-out',
+      cursor: isZoomed ? (isDragging.current ? 'grabbing' : 'grab') : 'default',
+      // Let the image overflow the container; the container clips it
+      flexShrink: 0,
+      userSelect: 'none',
+    };
+
     return (
-      <img
-        style={styles.object as any}
-        onDragStart={disableDrag}
-        src={urlToLoad}
-        alt={AriaLabels.imageSentInConversation}
-        ref={renderedRef}
-      />
+      <div
+        ref={containerRef}
+        style={{ overflow: 'hidden' }}
+        onMouseDown={handleMouseDown}
+        onMouseMove={handleMouseMove}
+        onMouseUp={handleMouseUp}
+        onMouseLeave={handleMouseUp}
+        onDoubleClick={handleDoubleClick}
+      >
+        <img
+          style={imgStyle as any}
+          onDragStart={disableDrag}
+          src={urlToLoad}
+          alt={AriaLabels.imageSentInConversation}
+          ref={renderedRef}
+          onClick={e => {
+            if (didDrag.current) {
+              e.stopPropagation();
+            }
+          }}
+        />
+      </div>
     );
   }