General Assembly Sixty-first session Agenda item 13 The situation in the Middle East Security Council Sixty-second year Identical letters dated 2 April 2007 from the Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Lebanon to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and to the President of the Security Council On the instructions of my Government, I transmit to you herewith a statistical summary of Israeli violations during the month of February 2007 (see annex). I should be grateful if you would have this letter and its annex circulated as a document of the sixty-first session of the General Assembly, under agenda item 13, and of the Security Council. (Signed) Caroline Ziade Chargé d’affaires a.i. Annex to the identical letters dated 2 April 2007 from the Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Lebanon to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council Violations and activities Place Date Comments Overflight by hostile military and reconnaissance aircraft The South 1/2 Firing by enemy forces of four (4) flare bombs in the direction of Lebanese territory Opposite Marun al-Ra's 3/2 Firing by enemy forces of several flare shells over the Blue Line, of which two landed inside Lebanese territory Opposite the towns of Balida and `Aytarun 4/2 Firing by the enemy of three (3) smoke bombs approximately six (6) metres into Lebanese territory, followed by bursts of fire to detonate explosive devices; then approximately 20 personnel proceeded to search the area Opposite Marun al-Ra's 5/2 Overflight by hostile military aircraft The South Overflight by hostile military, helicopter, and reconnaissance aircraft The South 7/2 Firing by enemy forces of several flare shells Opposite Mays al-Jabal, Balida and Rumaysh A D9 bulldozer and a trench-digger belonging to the Israeli enemy crossed the Blue Line. Immediately afterwards, an Army patrol proceeded to open fire in their direction. The bulldozer ceased work but the digger continued its work. Enemy forces then fired a LAU missile in the direction of a Lebanese Army vehicle, scoring a direct hit with no casualties resulting. The bulldozer and digger then withdrew in the direction of occupied territory Opposite Marun al-Ra's Overflight by hostile reconnaissance aircraft The South 8/2 Shining by enemy forces of searchlights in the direction of the Lebanese Army position at Mays al-Jabal Mays al-Jabal Performance by enemy forces of maintenance on barbed wire strip Opposite `Aytarun 9/2 Overflight by hostile reconnaissance aircraft The South 10/2 Abuse directed by an enemy soldier at a Lebanese Army soldier Fatimah Gate Performance by enemy forces of maintenance on barbed wire strip Opposite Marun al-Ra's 11/2 Overflight by hostile reconnaissance aircraft Most regions of Lebanon Performance by enemy forces of maintenance on barbed wire strip Opposite Marun al-Ra's and the `Abbasiyah area 12/2 Firing by hostile military launches of several bursts of fire in the direction of a Lebanese fishing vessel, and of a flare bomb in the open sea Opposite Ra'` al-Naqurah Overflight by hostile reconnaissance aircraft The South Performance by enemy forces of maintenance on barbed wire strip Opposite Rumaysh 13/2 Overflight by hostile reconnaissance and helicopter aircraft The South 14/2 Performance by enemy forces of technical work on excess water collected inside occupied Palestinian territory so as to allow it to run off into Lebanese territory Opposite the Kafr Kila-`Adaysah road 15/2 Overflight by hostile helicopter aircraft Over the Tall al-Ghabayin and Batishiyah positions 18/2 Firing by enemy forces of several flare bombs, of which two fell inside Lebanese territory Opposite Marun al-Ra's Overflight by hostile reconnaissance aircraft The South and the Bekaa 19/2 Overflight by hostile reconnaissance aircraft The South 20/2 Overflight by hostile military and reconnaissance aircraft, which released heat balloons over the city of al-Nabatiyah and the town of Duwayr Most areas of Lebanon 21/2 They were met with Army anti-aircraft Aiming by an Israeli soldier of his rifle while another requested a gunner to disembark from a personnel carrier during an Army patrol in `Adaysah `Adaysah Shining by enemy forces of searchlights in the direction of the outskirts of the towns of Yarun and Bint Jubayl The outskirts of Yarun and Bint Jubayl Overflight by hostile reconnaissance aircraft The South 22/2 While a Lebanese Army foot patrol was moving along the buffer strip a hostile vehicle appeared from the opposite direction. Three personnel disembarked and proceeded to cock their weapons and aim them in the direction of the Army patrol personnel, who in turn cocked their weapons and took up combat positions. This prompted the enemy personnel to take cover in neighbouring groves Near Fatima gate 23/2 Overflight by hostile reconnaissance aircraft The South 24/2 Aiming by enemy patrol personnel of their weapons in the direction of a citizen on the border road The border road 25/2 Positioning by an enemy patrol of its Hummer jeep and six personnel in combat formation while aiming their weapons in the direction of Lebanese territory Opposite the road between Kafr Kila and `Adaysah 26/2 Overflight by hostile reconnaissance aircraft The South 28/2 Appendix (1) to the annex to letter no. 123/`ayn-mim/inquiry/sin dated 19 March 2007 Chart of Israeli air, sea and land violations Appendix (2) to the annex to letter no. 123/`ayn-mim/inquiry/sin dated 19 March 2007 Chart of daily Israeli air, sea and land violations Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Israeli air violations 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 0 1 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 1   sss1 \* MERGEFORMAT A/61/834 sss2 \* MERGEFORMAT S/2007/183 sss1 \* MERGEFORMAT A/61/834 sss2 \* MERGEFORMAT S/2007/183 FooterJN \* MERGEFORMAT 07-29422 \* MERGEFORMAT 5 \* MERGEFORMAT 5 FooterJN \* MERGEFORMAT 07-29422 United Nations A/61/834–S/2007/183 General Assembly Security Council Distr.: General 3 April 2007 English Original: Arabic jobn \* MERGEFORMAT 07-29422 (E) 050407 050407 Barcode \* MERGEFORMAT *0729422* sss1 \* MERGEFORMAT A/61/834 sss2 \* MERGEFORMAT S/2007/183 sss1 \* MERGEFORMAT A/61/834 sss2 \* MERGEFORMAT S/2007/183 \* MERGEFORMAT 2 FooterJN \* MERGEFORMAT 07-29422 FooterJN \* MERGEFORMAT 07-29422 \* MERGEFORMAT 3 sss1 \* MERGEFORMAT A/61/834 sss2 \* MERGEFORMAT S/2007/183 sss1 \* MERGEFORMAT A/61/834 sss2 \* MERGEFORMAT S/2007/183 FooterJN \* MERGEFORMAT 07-29422 \* MERGEFORMAT 5 \* MERGEFORMAT 7 FooterJN \* MERGEFORMAT 07-29422 Excel.Chart.8 \s Excel.Chart.8 \s