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Article: Lebanese troops open fire on Israeli warplanes flying over south Lebanon
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- January 21, 2008
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Lebanese troops opened fired Monday on Israeli warplanes flying over southern Lebanon, but no direct hits were reported, a senior military official said.
It was the second time the Lebanese army had fired on Israeli fighter jets flying over southern Lebanon since a U.N.-brokered cease-fire ended a 34-day war between Israeli forces and Hezbollah guerrillas in August 2006.
"A number of hostile warplanes violated the Lebanese airspace Monday, flying at a medium altitude over the city of Tyre and the town of Naqoura," the official told The Associated Press.
"The Lebanese army's ground anti-aircraft guns confronted the hostile Israeli warplanes, forcing them ...