Israel violates Lebanon airspace again

Israeli spy planes have again violated Lebanon’s sovereignty, conducting overflights amid increasing tension between the two sides.

On Saturday, an Israeli reconnaissance plane entered southern Lebanon, loitering around for some time, a Press TV correspondent reported from Beirut, citing an Army statement.

The Army statement added that a similar plane had flown into the airspace over the southern border town of Naqoura the day before.

The overflights contravene the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, which obliges Israel to keep out of Lebanon following its 2006 war on the country, which left some 1,200 Lebanese dead.

Israeli forces intruded into the Lebanese territory last month, triggering a crossfire that killed three Lebanese soldiers, one Lebanese journalist and a senior Israeli officer.

Israel carries out airspace violations on an almost daily basis, claiming they serve surveillance purposes.

According to evidence-backed statistics submitted to the UN by the Lebanese government, Israel has breached the provisions of the resolution on more than 7,000 occasions by violating Lebanon’s airspace, territorial waters, and border.