Lebanon and Israel strike each other, Israeli fighter jets cause "sonic boom" in Beirut
2024-08-07
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Beijing, August 7 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli Defense Forces said on August 6 that several drones launched from Lebanon attacked Israeli border cities, injuring several civilians. Israeli warplanes then flew over the Lebanese capital Beirut, triggering a series of "sonic booms."
On August 6, in Nahariya, Israel, police were working at the scene of the drone attack. The Israel Defense Forces issued a statement on the 6th saying that several drones were fired from Lebanon at Israel that day, injuring several civilians in the Israeli border city of Nahariya. Xinhua News Agency/Gini Photo AgencyOn the same day, Lebanese Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said that there would be "strong revenge" against Israel for the assassination of a senior Hezbollah commander.
"Small-minded"
The Israeli Defense Forces reported earlier on the 6th that they had carried out air strikes on Hezbollah military facilities in the Nabatiyeh and Khiyam regions in southern Lebanon. Later, the Israeli army said in another report that drones launched from Lebanon attacked the northern border city of Nahariya, and one of the drones failed to be intercepted and hit the highway south of Nahariya.
Israeli health officials said seven people were taken to hospital for injuries, one of them seriously.
On August 6, in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, Hezbollah leader Nasrallah delivered a televised speech at an event commemorating Hezbollah's senior military commander Fuad Shukur. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Bilal Jaweshi)After the attack on northern Israel, Israeli warplanes flew at supersonic speeds and dived over Beirut, causing a series of sonic booms. Multiple media outlets reported that several loud bangs could be heard throughout the city, windows of many buildings creaked, and citizens fled in panic.
In recent years, Israeli warplanes have occasionally flown over Lebanese airspace and caused sonic booms, with the frequency of these booms increasing since June this year.
On the 6th, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah delivered a televised speech to the nation in memory of Hezbollah senior military commander Fuad Shukur, who was assassinated by Israel. Israeli warplanes flew over Beirut shortly before the speech.
In his speech, Nasrallah first mentioned the sonic booms of Israeli warplanes, saying that this was a provocative act by Israel against the "small-minded" Lebanese people.
Psychological warfare
Since the outbreak of the new round of Israeli-Palestinian conflict in October last year, Hezbollah has launched rockets, artillery shells and drones into Israel in support of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), and the Israeli army has responded with air strikes and artillery bombardments. After the death of Shukur and the assassination of Hamas Political Bureau leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran at the end of last month, Iran and Hamas have vowed to retaliate against Israel. The Israeli army "claimed" the military action against Shukur, but did not admit or deny the assassination of Haniyeh.
Nasrallah said in his speech on the 6th that Hezbollah's response to Israel will be "powerful, effective and influential." He did not mention the method and timing of the response in his speech.
According to Nasrallah, the killing of two senior figures from Hezbollah and Hamas in Lebanon was "clearly done by Israel" and the response should be stronger, but delaying the response is part of a strategy to exert psychological pressure on Israel.
“Iran will respond, Hezbollah will respond, and keeping the enemy waiting is part of the punishment,” he said.
Nasrallah also said that no matter what the consequences, the "resistance forces" "will not let Israel go."
In view of the continued escalation of the conflict on the Lebanese-Israeli border and the severe and complex security situation in Lebanon, the United States and several European countries including France and Germany have recently asked their citizens to leave Lebanon as soon as possible, and many European airlines have canceled flights to and from Lebanon. (Zheng Hao Ning)
