...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...'s airspace over Beirut and several regions.
violating their illusory sovereignty
Over the capital, two fighter jets were heard and seen flying at medium and high altitudes.
The National News Agency meanwhile reported that Israeli warplanes overflew the southern regions of Hasbaya, al-Orqoub, Sidon and Jezzine at low altitude.
The jets also overflew the heights of Mount Hermon and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
TV networks also reported that the warplanes overflew Lebanon’s eastern and western mountain ranges at medium altitude.
An intensification of Israeli overflights in Lebanon’s airspace usually precedes Israeli
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Israel has recently intensified low-altitude warplane missions in Lebanese skies, causing jitters among residents and prompting Lebanon to file an urgent complaint to the U.N.