Massive blasts that struck Beirut were not caused by Israeli activity, sources in Lebanon and Jerusalem said Tuesday afternoon, as officials attempted to determine what sparked the huge explosions.
Lebanese officials indicated that an initial explosion was caused by fireworks stored at the port, and a second, even larger explosion may have been caused by the fire reaching explosive material that has been kept there for years.
The blasts came amid high tensions between Israel and Lebanon and hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a fresh warning to the Iran-backed terror group.
Senior Hezbollah officials told OTV Lebanon that social media rumors about an Israeli attack were false.
“There is no truth to rumors about an Israeli strike against Hezbollah weapons in the port,” a source told the station. READ MORE
