Lebanon reopened its airspace on Saturday morning, hours after closing it due to the exchange of fire between Israel and Iran.

Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Works and Transport apologized to passengers whose flights were delayed, saying it had closed the airspace late Friday for the safety of travelers.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he ordered an attack plan against Iran in November 2024, shortly after the elimination of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah — one of Iran’s strongest proxies. That’s when Israel forecasted Iran would start rapidly advancing its nuclear program.

In a video statement circulated to journalists Friday evening, Netanyahu said the attack was supposed to happen in April but was postponed.

Lebanon’s National News Agency said Friday that an Israeli interception missile exploded over the southern Lebanese town of Ibl al-Saqi, as Israel’s Channel 14 said two interception missiles were fired at Iranian drones over Syria and Lebanon.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Friday condemned Israel’s massive attack on Iran’s nuclear and missile facilities and top military leaders and nuclear scientists, saying Israel’s hostile actions in the region “represent a cross-border threat to independent countries and to international security and stability.”

Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem warned Friday that Israel’s massive attack on Iran “will have major repercussions on the region’s stability, seeing as it will not pass without a response and punishment.”

Hezbollah warned Friday that Israel's strikes on its main foreign backer Iran "threaten to ignite the region".

The group, which fought a two-month war with Israel last year, condemned the "brutal Israeli aggression" against Iranian nuclear facilities and scientists and said Israel was "engaging in adventures that threaten to ignite the entire region".

The Lebanese Foreign Ministry on Friday condemned Israel’s massive attack on Iran as a “flagrant violation of national sovereignty and international law and a breach of the U.N. Charter.”

The Lebanese Army has communicated with Hezbollah as part of “holding onto the Lebanese principles and refusing that Lebanon be dragged into any confrontation,” governmental sources told Al-Jadeed TV, after Israel launched a massive attack on Iran.

President Joseph Aoun said in a statement that Israel’s attack on Iran “did not only target the Iranian people, but also all international efforts exerted to maintain stability in the Middle East and neighboring countries and avoid escalation therein.”

He called for “the international community to take effective and swift action to prevent Israel from achieving its goals.”

Emirates airline said flights to and from Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Iran had been cancelled, after Israel launched strikes on Iran on Friday, sparking concerns of a wider escalation.

Several flights scheduled for Friday and one Tehran flight on Saturday were listed as cancelled on the airline's website, with the Dubai international airport also reporting that "some flights at @DXB and DWC - Al Maktoum International have been cancelled or delayed due to airspace closures over Iran, Iraq, and Syria" in a statement on X.