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Conflict Incident Report

Intense Israeli over flights

Associated Timeline/Case: 
Rise of Tensions on Israeli Border (starting January 25, 2015 till February 1, 2015)
Date of incident: 
February 1, 2015
Death toll: 
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Number of Injured: 
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Intense Israeli over flights have been signaled all over the country, Yarzeh-based Army Directorate of Guidance stated in its military communiqué today. In no less than five instances of Israeli violation of Lebanese airspace, spy drones and warplanes overflew on each sortie in formations of two. Affecting their usual u-turn maneuvers over parts of the country before returning to base inside the 1948 occupied zone, the same communiqué concluded. http://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/39989/Army-Intense-enemy-over-fli...

Primary category: 
Air Space Violation
Classification of conflict (primary): 
Border conflicts (Israeli border)
Violations, disputes and/or conflicts instigated by Israeli intrusions on Lebanese national territories, airspace, and territorial waters. While there currently is no Israeli military occupation on Lebanese soil, these events are classified as violations of Lebanese sovereignty and are indicative of the continuous tensions between Lebanon and Israel.