Panic Occurs In Beirut Lebanon When The Isarel Fighter Plane Takes 30 Minutes, Residents Scatter

Beirut Lebanon/ILLUSTRATION UNSPLASH/Sara Calado

JAKARTA - Israeli warplanes broke the sound barrier three times in Beirut in less than 30 minutes.

This incident caused a loud bang that made people in the city run for protection just before the speech of the leader of the ruling party.

Israeli warplanes flew low over the Lebanese capital, and witnesses said they could see the planes with their naked eyes.

The sonic boom was the loudest to hear in Beirut over the years.

Reuters reporters on Tuesday, August 6, saw people at a cafe in the Badaro district, Beirut, scattered as the sound resonated throughout the city.

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah is scheduled to start his speech at around 5 p.m. local time to commemorate one week since the killing of Lebanese main military commander Fuad Shukr in an Israeli attack on Beirut's southern suburbs.

Hezbollah vowed to respond to the killings, which occurred just hours before the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in an operation that Israel said was carrying out.

The killings have pushed the region to the brink of war, and Iran has also promised to provide a painful reply.