Happy Halloween from Israel

At 9:30am, I was rudely awaken by the sounds of an F-16. My first thought was that war had broken out and I had slept through whatever had sparked it. The F-16 has a distinct sound when it is flying at a low altitude, and quite frankly I have become an expert at identifying military aircraft from the Israeli Air Force.
Following the initial horror, I hopped out of bed and turned the television on. There was nothing flashing on the television indicating that there was war nor was there a newsflash on the bottom of the screen. I went outside and just listened to the sounds that i am all too familiar with. The jets stayed over Beirut for over 30 minutes and conducted "mock" raids. For those who are not familiar with military jargon, it is simply planes acting like they are going to bomb you without actually dropping anything. The Lebanese military reportedly fired back at the Israeli jets but unfortunately the defense budget doesn't include high tech equipment. Once again the Israelis have managed to cause panic and violate the cease-fire that has been in place for the past few months. What do they plan to gain from this action? I honestly can only see it as a way of provoking Hizballah to attack in the South. As a result, Israel will claim self defense and try to do what it failed at in the Summer war.
The EU issued a statement to Israeli relaying its dismay over the actions. It warned that the air space violations will only provoke further violations. The French have previously threatened to open fire on the intruding jets, but thus far have not kept their word. While Israel has openly stated that it must conduct flyovers in order to acquire intelligence, I am not sure what type of intelligence it gathers from conducting mock raids over the major cities. I can't imagine the view was good enough to see anything other than random building that would have been demolished if they would have dropped their smart bombs.

The point of this post is to provide written proof that the Israelis are trying to provoke the next war, but will definitely claim that the conflict began when initiated by the other side. Had this been any other nation, the world would strongly condemn its actions and view it as an act of war on a sovereign nation.