Noteworthy Overflight of Israeli AWACS Aircraft over South
Israeli warplanes staged intense mock raids at medium altitude over southern Lebanon on Friday morning, as an AWACS aircraft remarkably overflew the Nabatiyeh and the southern coast areas in the afternoon, state-run National News Agency reported.
In the evening, Israeli warplanes violated the Lebanese airspace at medium altitude over the southern areas of Nabatiyeh, Iqlim al-Tuffah, Khiyam, Marjeyoun and al-Orqoub.
On March 18, Israeli aircraft released scarlet heat balloons over Lebanon's regional waters, in the first such violation in around a year.
"Israeli warplanes dropped more than 30 scarlet heat balloons between Naqoura and Tyre within two hours," NNA reported.
Israel's violations of Lebanese airspace, some of which at low altitudes, have intensified in recent weeks.
Also on March 18, al-Manar television broadcast a video showing warplanes' contrails forming a ribbon-like shape in the sky over Beirut at low altitude, in a scene reminiscent of an aerial military exercise.
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