Lebanon's MEA Delays Flights Amid Tensions

Lebanon's Middle East Airlines (MEA) said it had delayed the departures of some incoming flights set to land in Beirut overnight.

Israel vowed swift retaliation against the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah after 12 children and teenagers were killed by a rocket in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Hezbollah denied responsibility.

Hezbollah and the Israeli military have been trading fire for nearly 10 months in parallel with the Gaza War, which has spread to several fronts across the region. Previous exchanges of fire have disrupted flights across the region.

MEA said in a statement that six flights incoming to Beirut overnight from London, Copenhagen and four other cities in the Middle East would be delayed.

Israeli protesters broke into an army base after the military opened an investigation into suspected abuse of a Palestinian held at a detention camp for prisoners captured during the Gaza war.

Crowd gathered outside the Sde Teiman army base in southern Israel and at some point broke through the gates. Among the crowd were Israeli politicians of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right coalition.

The military said its Advocate General had ordered the inquiry "following suspected substantial abuse of a detainee." It provided no further details.

Army Radio said military police arrived at Sde Teiman detention site where about 10 reserve soldiers were suspected of abusing a prisoner captured from an elite unit of Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.

Rights groups including the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) have alleged serious abuse of detainees at the camp, a former military base in the Negev desert, which Israel has announced will be phased out. The military had previously announced it was investigating allegations of abuse.