It was unclear what caused the explosion. A witness in Beirut claimed this afternoon that Israeli jets were carrying out huge sonic booms over the city
A Sky News journalist was filming live in Beirut when a huge blast echoed throughout the city this afternoon.
A witness in Beirut claimed this afternoon that Israeli jets were carrying out huge sonic booms over the city during Nasrallah's anticipated speech. A wave of blasts lasting about an hour on Tuesday afternoon targeted paging devices brought in by Hezbollah - an Iranian proxy group - after they stopped using mobile phones for security reasons.
The attacks on Hezbollah's communications equipment killed 37 people in total and wounded around 3,000. Israel has neither confirmed nor denied being behind the attacks but multiple security sources have said they were carried out by its spy agency Mossad.Nasrallah insisted today Hezbollah would not stop fighting on the Lebanese front until the war in Gaza stops.Iran also offered their backing. A commander in Iran's Revolutionary Guards told the head of Hezbollah that Israel would face a 'crushing response from the axis of resistance', according to state-run news agency IRNA.
It also said the military chief of staff had approved plans for Israel's north, which borders Lebanon.
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