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,

A witness in Beirut claimed this afternoon that Israeli jets were carrying out huge sonic booms over the city. Lebanese residents, already on edge following this week's blasts blamed on Israel, were panicked fearing a major escalation.