Israeli Warplanes Cause Sonic Booms Over Beirut

Israeli warplanes soared low over Beirut on Tuesday, causing significant sonic booms that startled residents, who reported seeing the aircraft with the naked eye.

The aerial display occurred minutes before Hezbollah head Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah was set to begin a speech commemorating the one-week memorial of Fuad Shukr, the Lebanese armed group's top military commander recently killed in an Israeli strike in Beirut's southern suburbs.

(With inputs from agencies.)