Lebanon complains about Israel to the Security Council after the attack on its territory
Lebanon filed a complaint with the UN Security Council, on Saturday, calling for it to condemn Israel’s “aggression” on its territory, and to oblige it to stop violating its sovereignty.
In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned “the attacks carried out by Israel at dawn Friday on areas in southern Lebanon, which endangered the lives of civilians and the safety of Lebanese territory.”
And she added that Lebanon “filed a complaint addressed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on behalf of the Lebanese government to both the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, and the Security Council.”
In its complaint, the Foreign Ministry called for “condemning the Israeli aggression in the strongest terms, obliging Israel to stop its violation of Lebanon’s sovereignty by air, sea and land, stop its threats, and implement all its duties in accordance with International Resolution 1701,” according to the statement.
Resolution 1701, issued in the summer of 2006, provides for a “cessation of hostilities”, after a 33-day war between the “Hezbollah” group and the Israeli army, and one of the tasks of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon “UNIFIL” is to monitor the implementation of this resolution.
On the other hand, in the same complaint, the Foreign Ministry warned of “the seriousness and repercussions of provocative Israeli practices in Al-Quds Al-Sharif, and the violation of the sanctity of holy places,” according to the same statement.
At the same time, announce Lebanese armySaturday, find missiles In southern Lebanon, it was prepared for launch and work is underway to dismantle it.
The Lebanese army finds missiles “prepared for launch” in the south
The army said in a tweet via its official account on Twitter, that a unit belonging to it “found in the Al-Qulaila Plain (south) missile launchers and a number of missiles, which had been prepared for launch a few days ago (the number or type was not mentioned).”
The army pointed out in its tweet, which attached several pictures of the missiles and platforms, that “work is underway to dismantle them.”
On Thursday noon, 37 rockets were launched from Lebanese territory towards northern occupied Palestine, according to the Israeli occupation army, which indicated that the Iron Dome intercepted a number of them.
He was the head of the Lebanese government Najib Mikati He condemned the firing of rockets from the south of his country into the north of occupied Palestine, declaring that investigations are underway to discover and arrest the perpetrators.
No party has claimed responsibility, while the Israeli newspaper “Haaretz” (privately) reported that it is estimated that the rocket fire came in response to the recent events in Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Later, the Israeli occupation army targeted, with air and artillery bombardment, open areas in the vicinity of the Lebanese territory from which the rockets were launched, without causing any casualties.
The night of Tuesday-Wednesday witnessed great tension in the Al-Qibli prayer hall in Al-Aqsa Mosque, after the Israeli police beat the worshipers and those in i’tikaaf, before the same thing was repeated on the night of Wednesday-Thursday.
The rocket fire came after the Israeli police stormed the Al-Qibli prayer hall in Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, at dawn and evening, on Wednesday, and assaulted the worshipers and stationed, beating and arresting hundreds of them.
(Anatolia, The New Arab)
