BEIRUT - The
Lebanese government announced that it has filed a new complaint against Israel due
to the presence of Israeli warplanes in Lebanese airspace last night, used to
fire missiles in Syria, according to Jordan News Agency, (Petra).
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In a statement
on Friday morning,
Lebanon’s Deputy Head of Government and Defense Minister
Zeina Akar stated that she had sent a complaint through Lebanon’s delegate to
the United Nations, Ambassador Amal Mudallali, regarding Israeli violations.
Akar called on the
United Nations to deter
Israel from re-committing such
violations and using Lebanese airspace to carry out its
aggression against
Syrian territory.
The
statement noted that, as of midnight Thursday night, Israeli enemy
aircraftcarried out sorties over Lebanon during which rockets from hostile warplanes
had been bluntly fired from Lebanese airspace and positions in
Syria had been
targeted at low altitude, causing panic among
Lebanese citizens.
In the same
vein, the Director-General of Civil Aviation of Lebanon, Fadi Al-Hassan, said
in a statement at dawn on Friday, "The observation towers in Syria and
Cyprus requested two Lebanese aircraft to change course because of the
bombardment and then return and disembark at
Beirut airport."
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