The Daily Star BEIRUT — : Israeli warplanes were seen flying over Beirut at unusually low altitudes Sunday, while also performing mock raids across other areas of the country in yet another violation of Lebanese airspace. Aside from the capital, the aircraft were reported to have also been spotted flying over Sidon, Hasbaya, Aarqoub, Jabal al-Sheikh, Shebaa farms, Metn, Keserouan, Nabatieh, and Tyre’s Palestinian refugee camps as well as other areas of the south, according to the state-run National News Agency. Although this has become commonplace in recent months, many took to social media to remark on how much louder and longer in duration it appeared to be than usual. “Just another Sunday afternoon in Beirut enjoying the sound of Israeli fighter jets,” one Twitter user said.

Earlier this month, Israeli jets used Lebanese airspace to conduct an attack on supposed weapons depots in Syria’s Hama, just a day after Prime Minister Hassan Diab declared that there had been over 1,000 Israeli violations of Lebanon’s sovereignty in the last five months alone. In May, President Michel Aoun condemned Israel’s increasing incursions into Lebanese airspace during a meeting with the U.N.’s top official in Lebanon, declaring them a direct violation of the UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which called for the end of the 2006 War.