Lebanon opens fire at Israeli planes
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The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) on Monday morning fired anti-aircraft artillery at Israeli warplanes flying over Lebanon's airspace, the country's state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported.
The report said that Lebanese army fired anti aircraft guns at four Israeli warplanes that were flying on a medium altitude in Ourkoub airspace and particularly over Shebaa Villages, Kfarshouba, Hasbaya and other places in south Lebanon. The gunfire forced the Israeli planes to leave towards the occupied territories.
There is no report on whether the gunfire hit Israeli planes.
Lebanon accuses Israel of intruding its airspace on a daily basis, a violation of UN Security Council resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 war between Israel and Lebanese Shiite armed group Hezbollah, and mandates peacekeepers to monitor the armistice along the border.
UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) deputy spokesperson Andrea Tenenti said earlier last week that "Israel ought to halt the flights which constitute a violation of Lebanese sovereignty".
At the end of last year, Lebanon opened fires on four Israeli jet fighters flying over its airspace, but no planes were hit.
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