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Statement from the Lebanese Army Regarding Israeli Air and Naval Violations

Statement from the Lebanese Army Regarding Israeli Air and Naval Violations

The Lebanese Army Command issued two statements related to violations conducted by the Israeli enemy.

The National News Agency reported that on February 6, 2021, at 17:30, an Israeli reconnaissance aircraft violated Lebanese airspace over the town of Mays al-Jabal, and carried out circular flights over southern areas, then left the airspace at 20:10 from above the aforementioned town. The agency added that the second statement addressed a violation by an Israeli drone on February 7, 2021, at 10:50, which entered Lebanese airspace opposite the town of Al-Wazzani, approximately 150 meters, for a duration of 5 minutes, before departing towards the occupied territories.

The agency continued that on February 7, 2021, between 07:30 and 09:30, an Israeli military vessel violated Lebanese territorial waters off Ras al-Naqura, by approximately 185 meters, during which its crew threw two illuminating bombs over the mentioned maritime area. The statement emphasized that all violations are being monitored in coordination with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon. In the same context, the Israeli enemy fired gunshots into the air to intimidate a number of farmers from Mays al-Jabal while they were planting seedlings in their liberated lands in the Kroum al-Sharqi area of the town.

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