Lebanon: 12 Israeli war jets violated our airspace

Lebanon said 12 Israel Air Force warplanes violated its airspace on Friday by flying reconnaissance missions over the country's North and South. The Lebanese army said in a statement carried by Lebanon's official news agency that six IAF jets flew over the border village of Alma al-Shaab and other southern towns and villages for about 30 minutes Friday. The statement said six other IAF warplanes flew over the Mediterranean off the coastal city of Batroun and over other northern towns for about an hour. There was no immediate statement from the Israel Defense Forces, which usually does not comment on flights over Lebanon. IAF overflights are often aimed at intelligence gathering. The army used information gleaned from aerial photography in the 2006 Second Lebanon War, in which Israel fought the Lebanese militant organization Hezbollah. The flights are illegal according to international law set by the United Nations in the war's aftermath.