Israeli jets fly over Lebanon despite troop pullout

At least two jets flew in from Israel at medium altitude and headed north toward central Lebanon, the witnesses said.

Israeli forces pulled out from south Lebanon on Sunday except from the small village in line with a UN truce that ended a war between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas.

Lebanon says overflights violate Lebanese sovereignty and breach a UN resolution that halted the fighting on August 14.

Israeli government spokeswoman Miri Eisin told Reuters in Jerusalem that the overflights would continue to help ensure that arms supplies do not reach Hezbollah from Syria.

"Israel's redeployment along the international border does not negate Israel's right to self-defence and to assist in the implementation of the arms embargo, especially when it comes to the Syria-Lebanese border, an issue that has not yet been resolves as part of the Security Council resolution," she said.