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4 Israeli warplanes violate Lebanese airspace

14 August 2012 23:14 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Four Israeli warplanes have violated Lebanon’s airspace and flown over the country in flagrant violation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, APA reports quoting INamPress TV.

According to a statement issued by the Lebanese army on August 14, the Israeli aircraft entered Lebanese airspace above the southern town of Alma el Shaab at 10:30 a.m. local time on Tuesday, a Press TV correspondent in Beirut reported.

The statement said that the Israeli planes then flew over several Lebanese territories before leaving the countryâ€™s airspace above the village of Rmeish at 11:40 a.m. local time on the same day.

Israel violates Lebanon’s airspace on an almost daily basis, claiming the flights serve surveillance purposes.

Lebanon’s government, the Hezbollah resistance movement, and the UN Interim Force in Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, have repeatedly condemned the overflights, saying they are in clear violation of UN Resolution 1701 and the country’s sovereignty.

UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which brokered a ceasefire in the war of aggression Israel launched against Lebanon in 2006, calls on Israel to respect Lebanon’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

In 2009, Lebanon filed a complaint with the United Nations, presenting over 7,000 documents pertaining to Israeli violations of Lebanese territory.