Israel’s F-35 fighter jets violate Lebanese airspace in south
Israeli fighter jets have reportedly violated the Lebanese airspace, carrying out a number of high-altitude flights over several southern cities.
Lebanon’s state-run media said the regime used F-35 and F-15 warplanes on Monday afternoon to violate the country’s airspace over the cities of Nabatiyeh, Iqlim al-Tuffah and Tyre.
Reports said it was the first time the Israeli regime had used F-35 fighter jets of the advanced fifth-generation in such intrusive missions, and that the flights were conducted at high altitude.
تحليق مكثف للطيران الحربي المعادي من بعد ظهر اليوم في اجواء منطقتي النبطية واقليم التفاح وعلى علو متوسط
— nbnlebanon (@nbntweets) January 25, 2021
Israeli aircraft have been intruding into Lebanon's skies on an almost daily basis since 2006, when the regime withdrew from the country's south after staging a devastating war against it, claiming the flights serve surveillance purposes.
Lebanon's government, the Hezbollah resistance movement and the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (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 Tel Aviv to respect Beirut's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
In 2009, Lebanon filed a complaint with the UN, presenting over 7,000 documents pertaining to Israeli violations of Lebanese territory.
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