Israeli jets swoop on Lebanon, draw Hizbollah fire TYRE, Lebanon (Reuters) - Israeli warplanes roared over southern Lebanon Monday, drawing anti-aircraft fire from Lebanese Hizbollah guerrillas over the town of Bint Jbeil, the Iranian and Syrian-backed group said.
Witnesses said two Israeli jets swooped over the southern seaside town of Naqoura and continued north over Tyre. Hizbollah said it opened fire on the planes over Bint Jbeil. No planes were reported hit. The overflights came less than two weeks after the United Nations warned Israel for the second time in a month to stop flying its jets over Lebanon, saying the flights and resulting anti-aircraft fire were "not conducive" to stability. Tensions on the U.N.-drawn frontier, known as the Blue Line, have been high since Israel last month bombed what it said was a training camp for militants in neighboring Syria, which has broad influence in Lebanon. Israel has flown regular sorties over Lebanon since withdrawing its troops from the south of the country in 2000 after a 22-year occupation under pressure from attacks by Hizbollah. The United Nations views both the overflights and retaliatory Hizbollah fire as violations of the terms of Israel's pullout. 11/03/03 09:32 ET Source: Reuters http://www.reuters.com/news.jhtml ________________________________ Changes to your subscription (unsubs, nomail, digest) can be made by going to http://sandboxmail.net/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net
