General Assembly Sixty-second session Agenda item 17 The situation in the Middle East Security Council Sixty-third year Identical letters dated 5 June 2008 from the Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council On the instructions of my Government, I transmit to you herewith a statistical summary of Israeli violations from 22 to 30 May 2008 (see annex). I should be grateful if you would have this letter and its annex circulated as a document of the sixty-second session of the General Assembly, under agenda item 17, and of the Security Council. (Signed) Nawaf Salam Ambassador Permanent Representative Annex to the identical letters dated 5 June 2008 from the Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council Subject: Israeli violations, acts of aggression and other activities from 22 to 30 May 2008, inclusive Air violations On 22 May 2008, between 0930 hours and 1130 hours, enemy Israeli military aircraft overflew the Bint Jubayl area at high altitude. Between 1345 hours and 1430 hours, an enemy Israeli reconnaissance aircraft overflew the Naqurah area. Between 2210 hours and 2325 hours, an enemy Israeli reconnaissance aircraft overflew Tibnin and Bint Jubayl. On 26 May 2008, between 1040 hours and 1115 hours, enemy Israeli military aircraft overflew the Tibnin and Bint Jubayl areas. They then intermittently overflew those areas again between 1425 hours and 1530 hours. On 27 May 2008, between 0720 hours and 1015 hours, an enemy Israeli reconnaissance aircraft and enemy Israeli military aircraft overflew the Tibnin and Bint Jubayl areas. Between 0730 hours and 0735 hours, opposite the town of Kafr Kila in the area of the fence, an enemy Israeli agricultural reconnaissance aircraft violated Lebanese airspace in the course of spraying insecticide at said location. On 28 May 2008, between 1047 hours and 1200 hours, eight enemy Israeli military aircraft violated Lebanese airspace over `Alma al-Sha`b in a northerly direction and circled over all regions. They departed over the sea off al-Naqurah. On 29 May 2008, between 1018 hours and 1028 hours, two enemy Israeli military aircraft violated Lebanese airspace over the Shab`a farmlands as far as Juniya, and then returned south. They departed over said farmlands. Between 1048 hours and 1120 hours, two enemy Israeli military aircraft violated Lebanese airspace over the sea off Tripoli and circled over the sea between Shikka and Tripoli. They departed over the sea off al-Naqurah. On 30 May 2008, between 1530 hours and 1700 hours, an enemy Israeli military aircraft overflew the Tibnin area. Sea violations On 25 May 2008, at 0050 hours, in the open sea off Ras al-Naqurah, inside occupied Palestinian territorial waters, an enemy Israeli military launch shone a searchlight in the direction of Lebanese territorial waters for two minutes. On 30 May 2008, at 1540 hours, an enemy Israeli military launch launched two explosive devices and detonated them south of the line of buoys as a warning to Lebanese swimmers located at a distance of 900 metres north of the line of buoys and several dozen metres from the shore. Acts of aggression in the field On 26 May 2008, at 1800 hours, on the outskirts of Mays al-Jabal in the Magharah region, as a woman named Fatimah Taha was engaging in agricultural work in her field next to the Blue Line, an enemy Israeli patrol fired two shots in the air, upon which the aforementioned woman left the area.   sss1 \* MERGEFORMAT A/62/861 sss2 \* MERGEFORMAT S/2008/374 sss1 \* MERGEFORMAT A/62/861 sss2 \* MERGEFORMAT S/2008/374 FooterJN \* MERGEFORMAT 08-37593 \* MERGEFORMAT 2 \* MERGEFORMAT 3 FooterJN \* MERGEFORMAT 08-37593 United Nations A/62/861–S/2008/374 General Assembly Security Council Distr.: General 10 June 2008 English Original: Arabic jobn \* MERGEFORMAT 08-37593 (E) 110608 130608 Barcode \* MERGEFORMAT *0837593*