Israeli gunboats breached Lebanon’s maritime border on Monday near the southern Ras Al Naqoura area, a Lebanese army source told <i>The National</i>. It is the <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/lebanon/2022/10/16/lebanon-accuses-israel-of-crossing-its-maritime-border/" target="_blank">seventh time</a> in three days that Israel has been accused of crossing the border. The army source said "we always protest such violations". Army protocol involves sending the co-ordinates, date and time of the breaches to the Foreign Ministry, the source said. The ministry then registers the incidents officially with the UN Interim Force in Lebanon. <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/lebanon/2021/08/05/israeli-aircraft-strike-rocket-launch-sites-in-lebanon-military-says/" target="_blank">Ras Al Naqoura</a> is a contested territory that straddles the land border between the countries. The accusations come after Lebanon and Israel last week reached an US-mediated agreement on their <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/lebanon/2022/10/18/maritime-border-deal-israel-what/" target="_blank">maritime border</a>. The agreement did not directly address the dispute over Ras Al Naqoura. Instead, it sets the beginning of the maritime demarcation five kilometres from the coast. It remains to be seen whether Israeli vessels will continue to enter Lebanese waters after the border agreement is signed, the army source said. “Our work is to relay when they violate this area. If the government wants to have any kind of reaction, we would be ready,” the source said.