While all this is hard to confirm, or to know what the motive is, it this looks as if Lebanon just painted a large target on the cargo area for the IAF.
Christine Douglass-Williams covered this story here, and below are more details: “Lebanon holds tour of airport to prove there is no Hezbollah weapons stockpile, but denies entry to air cargo center,” by Lior Ben Ari, Ynet News, June 24, 2024:
On Monday Lebanon conducted a tour for ambassadors and journalists at Beirut Airport, a day after the British newspaper The Telegraph reported that Hezbollah is storing a stockpile of weapons there, supplied by Iran
However, Saudi network Al-Hadath reported that the tour was cut short after journalists were denied access to the air cargo center.
The tour included ambassadors from France, the European Union, Egypt, Iraq, Iran and India, accompanied by Lebanese government ministers, including the Minister of Information, the Minister of Transportation, and the airport’s director.
Lebanese Information Minister Ziad Al-Makary stated before the tour: “Beirut Airport is a public facility for all Lebanese. It is the face of Lebanon. We are on the brink of summer, and the intentions behind the Telegraph article are very clear.” Al-Makary added: “It is impossible for Hezbollah to store missiles in a place where ambassadors from around the world enter. This article is absurd, but we fear this issue could negatively impact the season and the lives of the Lebanese people. I believe this is psychological warfare.”
According to Al-Hadath, airport security then prevented journalists from entering the air cargo center. “The media stopped covering the tour, and the Minister of Transportation ended it,” according to the report….
Taffy says
If Lebanon is unable to contain Hizb’allah (which they cannot), their airports and infrastructure is fair game. a single snapshot in time is insufficient to prove that Lebanese airports are not being used to fuel Hizb’allah.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
True! If Lebanon can do nothing about Hizbullah, then they have no business complaining when Israel does. Of course, part of the problem is that Hizbullah is one of the parties supporting the Lebanese government, last I read