Israel’s use of sonic warfare is nothing new for citizens of Lebanon, but recent months have been unprecedented.
“It sounds like the plane engine is about to crash on top of you, and then there’s a boom that feels like an actual explosion. The whole building shakes. My body shakes,” recounts Nayla Kombarji* who, like anyone living in Beirut this summer, or in Lebanon’s south, has been subject to dozens of sonic booms by Israel’s air force.
“Some days they’re back-to-back, like six in one hour. They’ve been flying really low. It’s terrifying.”….more
