Lebanon to file complaint against Israel at UN over airspace violation

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Lebanon said on Monday it will file a complaint with the UN Security Council against Israel violation of Lebanon’s airspace, according to prime minister’s media office.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri, who is on an official visit to Russia, has tasked Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil to file the complaint against Israel for “planting spy devices on Lebanese territory and continuously violating the Lebanese airspace, especially after Israeli warplanes broke the sound barrier over Sidon yesterday (Sunday).”

The sonic boom created by the fighter jets shattered the glass windows of some buildings, media reports said.

Local reports said the blast sound sparked panic among residents and that a woman had fainted in souks in Sidon, the third-largest city in Lebanon.

The development came amid Israeli military exercises near Lebanon’s border and days after Israeli warplanes bombed a military site in Syria from Lebanon’s airspace.

The Foreign Ministry has said that Lebanon will file an “urgent complaint” against Israel with the UN Security Council over that violation.