French Defence Minister Michele Alliot-Marie said on Monday that Israeli warplanes have stopped buzzing French troops in southern Lebanon, following two close incidents there.
"While over-flights continue, which poses a problem in terms of the respect of UN resolutions, we no longer have the hostile attitude that ran a real risk of meeting with legitimate defence" from French soldiers, she told reporters.
The French forces involved in the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) came within seconds of firing at Israeli aircraft when they overflew UN positions on October 31, sparking an official complaint from Paris.
Israel said they were reconnaissance flights and had been "wrongly interpreted".
The over-flights "are unacceptable" and a violation of UN resolution 1701 which brought an end to the Lebanon conflict, Pellegrini told French daily Le Figaro in comments that were published in advance on-line.
UNIFIL is securing the south of the country after a bloody month of air strikes by the Israeli military this summer aimed at crushing Hizbullah militants, and rocket attacks on Israel by the group.
The operation's commander has said that the Israeli over-flights -- numbering up to 15 a day last month -- "are unacceptable" and a violation of UN resolution 1701 which brought an end to the Lebanon conflict.