An explosion and subsequent fire in the early hours of August 25th in Beirut's Dahiye neighbourhood led to fevered speculation. Were they caused by two quadcopter drones, one of which was captured in a shaky video moments before? Were the drones Israeli or Iranian? Was the intended target a media office of Hizbullah, as the Lebanese militia suggested? Or was the target Iranian-supplied equipment to improve the guidance systems of Hizbullah missiles, as anonymous "intelligence services" claimed? One thing seems sure: the episode is part of a broadening of the battlefields between Israel and Iran.
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