Israeli warplanes fly low over Beirut despite Lebanon's complaint to UN Security Council

The state-run National News Agency reported that the aircraft circled over several neighborhoods of Beirut on Sunday, causing many Beirut residents to take to social media platforms to voice their irritation.

Beirut residents say the Israeli overflights were much louder and longer in duration this time compared to previous ones.

“Just another Sunday afternoon in Beirut enjoying the sound of Israeli fighter jets,” one user wrote on Twitter.

Israeli warplanes also flew over the towns and cities of Tyre, Sidon, Hasbaya, Arkoub, Mount Hermon, the occupied Shebaa Farms and Golan Heights at low altitudes.

The jets carried out mock raids over Nabatieh city and Iqlim al-Tuffah region in southern Lebanon. 

Late on June 4, Israeli jets used Lebanese airspace to conduct an attack on a military facility on the outskirts of Masyaf, located about 45 kilometers (27 miles) west of the central Syrian city of Hama.

Syria’s official news agency SANA reported back then that the country’s air defenses had intercepted and shot down a number of Israeli missiles before they reached their targets.

SANA, citing an unnamed military source, added the airstrikes caused material damage in the targeted area but left no casualties.

The development took place just a day after Prime Minister Hassan Diab declared that there had been over 1,000 Israeli violations of Lebanon’s sovereignty within the past five months alone.

Earlier this month, Lebanese President Michel Aoun condemned Israel’s increasing incursions into Lebanese airspace during a meeting with the UN's top official in Lebanon, Jan Kubis.

Aoun denounced the overflights as a clear violation of UN Resolution 1701.