Israeli jets broke the sound barrier over Beirut, following an Israeli airstrike on a Syrian position in Lebanon and an exchange of cross-border fire with Hezbollah gunmen. Witnesses heard sonic booms in Beirut, while others saw Israeli jets circling over the southern city of Tyre.
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