BEIRUT, Lebanon, June 7 (UPI) -- Israeli warplanes entered Lebanese airspace Tuesday, drawing anti-aircraft fire from Lebanese army gunners.
An army statement said eight Israeli planes, including two surveillance drones, crossed into Lebanese and flew over Lebanese territory for more than an hour. The reports could not be independently verified.
The Lebanese army fired surface-to-air rockets at the planes, the statement said, but mentioned no hits. The planes flew over southern Lebanon and then headed northeast toward the Mount Lebanon area and the Bekaa Valley before returning to Israel. The reported incursion comes two days after Hezbollah claimed victory in elections in that region.
Israel has entered Lebanese airspace on numerous occasions despite U.N. calls for Israel to respect the Blue Line border drawn by the United Nations to demark than Lebanon-Israel border. |