Israeli warplanes and jets fly over Beirut

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Israeli warplanes and jets fly over Beirut

February 09, 2013 01:19 AM

The Daily Star

BEIRUT: Two Israeli reconnaissance planes and six fighter jets breached the country’s airspace and circled above several regions including Beirut, the Lebanese Army said in a statement Friday.

The statement added that the fighter jets entered Lebanese airspace at 6:50 a.m. and the reconnaissance planes circled above Beirut and Iqlim al-Kharroub for seven hours beginning from 8:25 a.m., the National News Agency reported.

A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Daily Star on February 09, 2013, on page 2.

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