Lebanon says it was not the target of Iranian missile that blew up over its territory

Lebanon’s military says that the Iranian missile that exploded over Lebanon yesterday was not targeting the country.

Two Lebanese sources told Reuters that the missile was intercepted by a “foreign naval vessel,” apparently referring to the United States.

A military examination based on the analysis of the fragments that fell in Lebanon “revealed that the missile was a guided ballistic missile of the Qader-110 type,” says the Lebanese Armed Forces on X, “Iranian-made, approximately 16 meters in length with a range of about 2,000 km, and containing several small-sized missiles.”

“It exploded at a high altitude, which suggests that its target was outside Lebanese territory,” says the LAF, adding that it can’t determine whether it was intercepted or malfunctioned.