Lebanese report: Israeli jets break sound barrier over Beirut after major Hezbollah attack

Lebanon’s National News Agency reports that Israeli jets broke the sound barrier in Beirut and other parts of Lebanon today, after Hezbollah launched a major rocket and drone attack on northern Israel earlier in the day.

Hezbollah’s barrage of more than 200 rockets and a swarm of drones came in retaliation for Israel’s killing of commander Mohammed Nasser in the south of Lebanon yesterday.

There are no casualties reported in Hezbollah’s attacks, though some of the drones and interceptor shrapnel set off fires in northern Israel.

In response, the IDF says the Air Force “struck Hezbollah military structures” in the areas of Ramyeh and Houla in south Lebanon.

Since October 8, Hezbollah-led forces have attacked Israeli communities and military posts along the border on a near-daily basis, with the group saying it is doing so to support Gaza amid the war against the Hamas terror group there.

So far, the skirmishes on the border have resulted in 10 civilian deaths on the Israeli side, as well as the deaths of 15 IDF soldiers and reservists.

Hezbollah has named 360 members who have been killed by Israel during the ongoing skirmishes, mostly in Lebanon but some also in Syria. In Lebanon, another 65 operatives from other terror groups, a Lebanese soldier, and dozens of civilians have been killed.