Israel violates Lebanon airspace

ISRAELI warplanes violated Lebanese airspace yesterday, triggering retaliatory anti-aircraft fire that Israeli sources said sent shrapnel over the border into Israel.

Israel violates Lebanon airspace

The jets broke the sound barrier near the southern coastal town of Naqura, where UN peacekeepers have their headquarters just a few kilometres from the frontier, according to Lebanese police.

The warplanes had entered Lebanese airspace further east where they drew four bursts of machinegun fire, the police said, declining to specify whether it came from the Lebanese army or the Shi’ite militia Hezbollah.

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