Israel continues military drills, fires into south Lebanon

[mudplanet]

By Patrick Galey
Daily Star staff
Wednesday, January 05, 2011

BEIRUT: Israel renewed its military exercises Tuesday by firing ammunition into Lebanon in a continuation of several weeks of muscle-flexing maneuvers.

The National News Agency (N.N.A.) reported that Israeli patrols had fired on Lebanese territory for several hours until eventually ceasing Tuesday morning.

“ Israeli Army fired Monday night and Tuesday dawn random shots from its location on occupied Shebaa Farms for more than half an hour,” the N.N.A. said.

It added that Israeli reconnaissance jets had violated Lebanese airspace at 8:30 a.m Tuesday, following a similar set of maneuvers Monday.

“At 7:20 a.m. Monday, an Israeli reconnaissance war plane violated Lebanese airspace over Aalma al-Chaib and executed circular maneuvers over the southern regions, then left the air space at 10:00 p.m. over Rmeish Village toward the Occupied Territories,” said a communiqué from Lebanese Army Command.

The latest Israeli operation close to the Blue Line follows intense military maneuvers at the end of 2010 that were designed to mimic a “worst case scenario” in any future clash with Hizbullah, Israeli media reported.

The strafing exercises in the Shebaa Farms coincided with the announcement by the head of the United Nations’ peacekeeping mission that he was satisfied with the security situation at present in southern Lebanon.


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[WhiteTara]

1. oh no!

thanks for the post.

[kayecy]

2. And when Lebanon retaliates for the overflights Israel will again go to war in "self-defence"....

The world will again be told that Israel is merely exercising its right to self-defence.....The only question is which will come first, Israeli bombing of Lebanon or Israeli bombing of Iran (All in self-defence of course!)