military reported that 12 aircraft belonging to the IDF entered into Lebanese territory, which they claim is a violation of Resolution 1701. In the three incidents, the IDF planes made circle maneuvers, fired no shots and left Lebanese airspace soon after. The UN has continuously protested the repeated Israeli overflights. Lebanese officials fear the escalation in overflights heighten tensions and could lead to war. Israel rejects such criticism, and claim the overflights are necessary. In spite of this, a leaked US cable shows that Israel offered to stop such violations. On land, the Blue Line is often crossed, as well as incursions into the Shebaa Farms (which Israel considers Israeli territory as part of Golan Heights, which it captured from Syria in 1967, but which Lebanon claims is Lebanese territory). The 2010 Israel–Lebanon border clash was also performed on the basis of claims of such violations. At sea, Israeli gunboats have shot into Lebanese territorial waters, and there have been Lebanese claims that Israel is breaching the law of the sea and might lay claim on Lebanese natural resources through the Tamar gas field. Hezbollah uses such violations as justification for the legitimacy of their continued armed resistance against Israel. See also 1958 Lebanon Crisis Black September in Jordan Cedar Revolution 2008 conflict in Lebanon Israeli–Palestinian conflict List of modern conflicts in the Middle East List of rocket attacks from Lebanon on Israel References External links Articles Israel-Lebanon Offshore Oil & Gas Dispute – Rules of International Maritime Law Martin Waehlisch, ASIL Insight (American Society of International Law), Vol. 15, Issue 3, 5 Dec. 2011. Israel–Lebanon relations Israel–Lebanon military relations Hezbollah–Israel conflict Iran–Israel proxy conflict Arab–Israeli conflict Military history of Israel Military history of Lebanon