BEIRUT (Reuters) – Israeli jets are carrying out huge sonic booms over the Lebanese capital, Beirut, during a speech by Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday, a Reuters witness said.
Lebanese residents, already on edge following this week’s blasts across the country that the group blamed on Israel, were panicked fearing a major escalation.
(Reporting by Maya Gebeily, Writing by Nayera aAbdallah, Editing by Michael Georgy)
