11.   Israeli gunboats patrol Lebanese territorial waters daily in south Lebanon, where they have slapped a partial blockade on ports since February.

12.   Israeli gunboats daily patrol the coast from Tyre to Naqura, on the Lebanon-Israel border, to prevent any possible seaborne attacks.

13.   Israeli gunboats patrol Lebanese territorial waters daily.

14.   Three naval gunboats patrolled the waters around the island.

15.   Israeli gunboats patrol daily Lebanese territorial waters in southern Lebanon to prevent any infiltration bids or attacks on northern Israel.

16.   The gunboat was patrolling just outside the strategic port of Trincomalee when the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam carried out the pre-dawn attack.