A plane takes off from Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport despite an Israeli strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut, in October 2024. (Credit: AFP Archives)
For the first time since the resumption of the war in early March, Hezbollah fired anti-aircraft missiles last week against a warplane flying over Beirut and an Israeli helicopter, as the military escalation with Israel intensifies on the ground. This relatively unprecedented development could nonetheless endanger civilian aircraft taking off from or landing at Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport (RHIA). On the flip-side Beirut 'without Hezbollah weapons': MPs try to protect capital from Israeli strikes Although the Iran-aligned party used anti-aircraft defense systems against drones in 2024, this is the first time it has reportedly employed a surface-to-air missile (SAM), which it describes as “sophisticated,” against a warplane.The incident was documented by Hezbollah, which released a video showing the use of this...
For the first time since the resumption of the war in early March, Hezbollah fired anti-aircraft missiles last week against a warplane flying over Beirut and an Israeli helicopter, as the military escalation with Israel intensifies on the ground. This relatively unprecedented development could nonetheless endanger civilian aircraft taking off from or landing at Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport (RHIA). On the flip-side Beirut 'without Hezbollah weapons': MPs try to protect capital from Israeli strikes Although the Iran-aligned party used anti-aircraft defense systems against drones in 2024, this is the first time it has reportedly employed a surface-to-air missile (SAM), which it describes as “sophisticated,” against a warplane.The incident was documented by Hezbollah, which released a video showing the use of...
