The Lebanese army said Wednesday that the explosions witnessed north of Beirut on Tuesday were caused by the malfunction or interception of an Iranian ballistic missile aimed beyond Lebanon."The missile was a guided ballistic missile of the Iranian-made 'Qadr-110' type," the army said of the projectile that caused rare explosions in areas north of Beirut that have otherwise been spared the war so far, and caused minor injuries.
The Israeli military said Tuesday an Iranian missile fell over Lebanon alongside "launches carried out toward the State of Israel".
The Lebanese army said the missile "exploded at a high altitude, which suggests that its target lay outside Lebanese territory. As for the cause of the explosion, it was either a technical malfunction or an interceptor missile," adding that there are "no interceptor missile platforms" inside Lebanon that could have shot the missile down.
A Lebanese military source told AFP on Tuesday that the missile was headed towards Cyprus and was intercepted by a warship in the Mediterranean.
Cyprus, which hosts British military bases, was targeted by an Iranian-made drone on March 1.
