11 September, 2017
Israeli jets have flown low over the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, causing at least one sonic boom.
Prime Minister Saad Al-Hariri said Lebanon would issue its complaint "against Israel for planting spy devices on Lebanese land and continously breaching" its airspace, his office said.
Prime Minister Saad Hariri, who is on an official visit to Russian Federation, 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)".
Israeli warplanes violated Lebanon's airspace and flew at a low altitude early Sunday morning above south Lebanon, disturbing residents of Sidon and Palestinian refugee camps in the area.
"We have begun preparing a complaint to be referred to the [UN] Security Council", Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil said in a tweet.
The Lebanese Army did not have any immediate comment.
While in the past Israel reportedly conducted such maneuvers in the past - during times of high tensions with Shiite militia Hezbollah and throughout their occupation of southern Lebanon - recent occurrences have been rare.
