Israeli jets are carrying out huge sonic booms over the Lebanese capital, Beirut, during a speech by Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday, a Reuters witness said. Lebanese residents, already on edge following this week's blasts across the country that the group blamed on Israel,

As the broadcast was aired, deafening sonic booms from Israeli warplanes shook Beirut, a sound that has become common in recent months but has taken on a greater significance as t

The strikes aim to "degrade Hezbollah’s terrorist capabilities and infrastructure," the IDF said in a statement.

Hassan Nasrallah admits his militants suffered a major blow, saying the wireless device explosions could be considered a declaration of war Israeli warplanes carried out late on Thursday their most intense strikes on south Lebanon in nearly a year of war,