Israeli warplanes violated Lebanese airspace on Monday, causing supersonic bangs over southern and eastern cities. The fighter bombers broke the sound barrier at around 11:10 am (0910 GMT) over the southeastern Western Bekaa border region patrolled by the United Nations peacekeeping forces.
The jets also caused bangs over Nabatiyeh, Zahrani and the port of Sidon, the main city of southern Lebanon, they said. The Israeli warplanes then made more booms over the ancient city of Baalbek, a stronghold of the Shiite Muslim fundamentalist Hezbollah in Syrian-patrolled eastern Lebanon, they said. Two Israeli jets flew over the southern cities of Sidon and Tyre and the market town of Nabatiyeh as well as the Hermel region in eastern Lebanon, breaking the sound barrier. |