General Assembly Sixty-first session Agenda item 13 The situation in the Middle East Security Council Sixty-second year Identical letters dated 26 July 2007 from the Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council On instructions from my Government, I transmit to you herewith a statistical summary of Israeli violations committed from 16 to 22 July 2007 (see annex). I should be grateful if you would have this letter and its annex circulated as a document of the General Assembly, under agenda item 13, and of the Security Council. (Signed) Nawaf Salam Permanent Representative Annex to the identical letters dated 26 July 2007 from the Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council Israeli violations and acts of aggression from 16 to 22 July 2007 Air violations On 16 July 2007: – At 1200 hours an Israeli enemy reconnaissance aircraft overflew the Kafr Shuba area; – At 1621 hours an Israeli enemy warplane overflew `Ayta al-Sha`b. On 18 July 2007: – Between 0710 and 1500 hours an Israeli enemy reconnaissance aircraft violated Lebanese airspace, entering over `Alma al-Sha`b, circled between Riyaq and Baalbek, then left over the sea off Naqurah; – Between 0920 and 1230 hours Israeli military aircraft overflew the Nabatiyah, Jazzin, Zahrani, Hasbayya, Bint Jubayl and Naqurah regions at very high altitudes, breaking the sound barrier over occupied Palestinian territorial waters; – Between 0930 and 1120 hours two Israeli warplanes violated Lebanese airspace, entering over `Alma al-Sha`b heading north, circled over all regions, then left over the sea off Naqurah; – Between 1108 and 1145 hours two Israeli warplanes violated Lebanese airspace, entering over Rumaysh, circled over the regions of the South and the Western Bekaa, then left over the sea off Naqurah; – Between 1130 and 1135 hours two Israeli warplanes violated Lebanese airspace, entering over Naqurah heading north, proceeded to a point west of Tyre, then left over the sea off Naqurah; – Between 1130 and 1215 hours two Israeli enemy warplanes violated Lebanese airspace, entering over `Alma al-Sha`b heading north, circled over the regions of the South, then left over Yarun; – Between 1200 and 1215 hours two Israeli enemy warplanes violated Lebanese airspace, entering over `Alma al-Sha`b heading north, proceeded as far as Beirut, then headed south and left over the sea off Naqurah; – Between 1225 and 1300 hours two Israeli enemy warplanes violated Lebanese airspace, entering over `Alma al-Sha`b heading north, proceeded to a point west of Tyre, then left over Kafr Kila; – Between 1250 and 1300 hours two Israeli enemy warplanes violated Lebanese airspace, entering over `Alma al-Sha`b heading north, proceeded to a point west of Beirut, then headed south and left over the sea off Naqurah; – Between 1405 and 1605 hours an Israeli reconnaissance aircraft violated Lebanese airspace, entering over the sea off Tyre heading east, circled over the regions of the South, then left over `Alma al-Sha`b. On 19 July 2007 between 1130 and 1255 hours, an Israeli reconnaissance aircraft violated Lebanese airspace, entering over the sea off Sidon, circled between the Western Bekaa and Tripoli, then left via the same place where it had entered. On 20 July 2007: – Between 1010 and 1115 hours Israeli enemy military aircraft overflew the Bint Jubayl area at very high altitude; – Between 1259 and 2120 hours an Israeli enemy reconnaissance aircraft violated Lebanese airspace, entering over `Alma al-Sha`b, circled over the regions of the South and the Western Bekaa, then left over Rumaysh. On 21 July 2007: – Between 1005 and 1430 hours an Israeli reconnaissance aircraft violated Lebanese airspace, entering over Rumaysh heading north, circled over the southern regions, then left over `Alma al-Sha`b; – Between 1400 and 1705 hours an Israeli enemy reconnaissance aircraft violated Lebanese airspace, entering over the sea off Tyre heading east, circled over the southern regions, then left over Naqurah; On 22 July 2007: – Between 0715 and 1215 hours an Israeli enemy reconnaissance aircraft overflew the Nabatiyah and Bint Jubayl areas; – Between 1500 and 1845 hours an Israeli enemy reconnaissance aircraft violated Lebanese airspace, entering over the sea off Tyre heading east, and circled over the southern regions; it then headed north as far as Batrun, circled over the Jounieh, Dahr al-Baydar and Damur regions, then left over Naqurah; – Between 1545 and 2230 hours an Israeli enemy reconnaissance aircraft violated Lebanese airspace, entering over the sea off Sidon, proceeded as far as Baalbek, circled between Baalbek and Riyaq, then left over Naqurah. Sea violations None. Acts of aggression in the field On 16 July 2007: – At 2100 hours, from the top of the Shahl area (occupied Shab`a Farms), Israeli enemy forces fired tracer-type machine-gun rounds into the air in the direction of Lebanese territory from a medium-calibre weapon; – At various times between 2110 and 2145 hours Israeli enemy forces strafed the area around their Radar position (border of occupied Shab`a Farms) with medium weapons. 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