Report: Amid Gaza op, IAF sets off sonic booms over Lebanon

The official Lebanese news agency said Sunday that Israel Air Force warplanes flew over south Lebanon and set off somic booms.

It said that there had also been intensive activity by Unmanned Aerial Vehicles flying at intermediate altitudes over the south.

The overflight came into the second day of an expansive Israel Air Force operation on the Gaza Strip, which thus far has left 280 Palestinians killed.

Earlier Sunday, senior Lebanese security sources were quoted as saying that Hezbollah was unlikely to respond militarily to the IDF operation in Gaza.

Lebanese officials told the London-based Al-Hayyat newspaper that "It is not in Hezbollah's interest to do so." The officials added that protests in Lebanon against the operation were "restrained" and under control.

The Lebanese army raised its level of alert and cancelled all soldiers' leaves over the Gaza situation. According to the officials, the alert level was raised for fear of attempts by Palestinians or others to attempt to deploy or launch Katyusha rockets at targets within Israel.

They said that elements which might be interested in acting against Israel "are under supervision and monitoring," and that, for the moments, there were no signs that they intended to disturb the calm in the north.