Israeli Planes Fly Over Lebanon

Israeli warplanes carried out mock air raids over the mountains east of Beirut today in an area where Israel last week said Syria had deployed ground-to-air missiles. There were no reports of confrontation.

Eight Israeli planes dived several times over the mountain villages of Aley and Bhamdoun, circled the Bekaa Valley, broke the sound barrier and dropped heat balloons to attract any heat-seeking missiles that might be fired, military sources said.