IDF says it struck surface-to-air missiles Hezbollah stored 1.5 km from Beirut airport

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

The IDF says it destroyed a cache of surface-to-air missiles stored by Hezbollah near Beirut’s international airport in a recent airstrike.

According to the IDF, the warehouse where the anti-aircraft missiles were stored was located some 1.5 kilometers (1 mile) from Beirut’s airport.

“The surface-to-air missiles are a threat to the international airspace for passenger planes and can hit any aircraft flying in the Lebanese airspace,” the military says.

The IDF says it has hit other facilities used by Hezbollah anti-air unit across Lebanon in recent days.

It releases footage of the strikes.

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