Six Israeli planes violate Lebanese airspace

BEIRUT (NNN-KUNA) -- Six Israeli military aircraft have penetrated Lebanese airspace and have flown over parts of the country for a couple of hours in blatant violation of a UN Security Council resolution.

The Israeli military jets crossed into the Lebanese airspace on Monday over the border village of Rmeish in the south, and conducted several unwarranted flights over southern Lebanon, said a statement released by the Lebanese military.

Israel violates Lebanon's airspace on an almost daily basis, 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 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 United Nations, presenting over 7,000 documents pertaining to Israeli violation of Lebanese territory. - NNN-KUNA