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    Fact Check: Did Israel Just Fly Fighter Jets Over Sidon, Lebanon? (Video)

    By Souad LazkaniSeptember 22, 2020
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    With sounds of loud jets having been heard overhead in Lebanon recently, many have been sharing a video on social media of fighter jets flying at a very low range in the sky above what was said to be Sidon, in Lebanon.

    I can hear Israeli warplanes over south lebanon right now

    — Rana (@RanaHarbiiii) September 21, 2020

    The sight certainly caused a bit of fear or panic among citizens who just don’t want more drama for their struggling country.

    Claim: The video claims to be showing Israeli planes over Saida. The filmer follows the jets, panning from the sky to a city where you can see a construction tower crane, and mountains in the background, slightly resembling a Lebanese city.

    Footage of Israeli Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon warplanes flying low over Lebanon today. pic.twitter.com/5dXSkOrjTm

    — Middle East Observer (@byz_observer) September 21, 2020

    Verdict: No and yes. While it turns out that the video being shared was not taken in Lebanon at all, Israeli jets were still heard flying at low altitudes above Lebanon.

    Context: It’s true that loud jets were heard clearly above Beirut and the south of Lebanon today and in the past couple of days. Just, not the ones in the video.

    Isreali war jets over #Lebanon seem to be flying at an exceptionally low altitude since yesterday, I'm in Mount Lebanon.

    These planes stopped making rounds over Lebanon after the #Beirutexplosions for almost 5 weeks, now they are back. pic.twitter.com/QfjxLTzO7M

    — Luna Safwan – لونا صفوان (@LunaSafwan) September 21, 2020

    In a statement to the NNA, UNIFIL Commander Major General Stefano Del Col said that the UNIFIL has been recording “a large number of air violations by the IDF” recently.

    Del Col condemned such action and said that he has asked the IDF to stop overflying Lebanese air space.

    “Such persistent violations escalate tensions and could trigger incidents endangering the cessation of hostilities between Lebanon and Israel,” he stressed.

    As for those planes in the video, they are Armenian fighter jets flying above Yerevan in an air show celebrating Armenian Independence Day.

    Additionally, this video shows the city from another angle showing that it is clearly not Saida.

    This is in Armenia today. Independance day. Su-30SM of Armenian Air Force LOL!!!!!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/gqtwybtXDM

    — 301🇦🇲 (@301arm) September 21, 2020
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