[ Ha'aretz] Amos Harel - Israeli overflights of Lebanon now threaten to become the main point of Israel-Hizbullah friction. Israel deems the overflights essential for intelligence purposes. It was these flights that enabled Israel to learn the positions of the long-range missiles that it destroyed on the first day of the Second Lebanon War in 2006. Should Hizbullah install advanced anti-aircraft batteries, accompanied by modern radar, this would cause significant problems for Israeli overflights. According to both Military Intelligence assessments and recent reports in the Arabic media, Hizbullah is seeking such batteries.
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