 |
Hezbollah Fires at Israeli Warplanes over South Lebanon
Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah on Sunday fired at Israeli warplanes over south Lebanon but missed the targets, the official NNA news agency reported.
The Israeli planes aggressed Lebanese airspace earlier in the day over the region of Iqlim Tuffah, some 50 kilometers south of Beirut, NNA quoted witnesses as saying.
Hezbollah's anti-aircraft guns fired at the planes but failed to hit anyone, it added.
It was the third time the resistance group fired at Israeli planes over Lebanon in the month.
Hezbollah has confirmed that it "took military actions at Israeli planes that invaded Lebanon."
Israeli warplanes resumed air intrusion into Lebanon last October after Hezbollah captured three Israeli soldiers from the disputed Shebaa Farms.
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon has said that Israeli warplanes have invaded Lebanon more than 400 times since last October. It accused Israel of violating the U.N.-drawn Blue Line authenticating the completion of Israeli withdrawal from south Lebanon in May 2000.
Lebanon has complained Israeli air infringement to the U.N. and called on the international community to press Israel to stop violating its airspace.
In This Section
|