The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon registered its “firm” protest with the Israeli Defense Force following a drastic uptick in “Israeli air violations over Lebanese airspace” over the past week, United Nations spokesman Martin Nesirky said on Tuesday.
Nesirky noted that the overflights are both a violation of Lebanese sovereignty as well as Security Council resolution 1701, which allowed for a ceasefire which ended Israel’s 2006 military incursion into Lebanon.