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View of the damage in an area hit by an Israeli airstrike in Qlaileh, Lebanon, April 7, 2023. Photo/Ali Hankir/Anadolu Agency
BEIRUT – Lebanon will submit a formal protest to the UN Security Council over the willful Israeli aggression that occurred Friday morning (7/4/2023).
The move was announced by the Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Kemlu), according to a report by Anadolu Agency.
The Lebanese Foreign Ministry said Israel had violated Lebanese sovereignty by bombing areas in southern Lebanon.
“Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Abdallah Bou Habib instructed the Permanent Envoy of Lebanon to the United Nations in New York to submit a formal complaint to the United Nations Security Council regarding the impact of the Israeli bombing and deliberate aggression at dawn today (Friday) on areas in southern Lebanon,” the statement said. Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Lebanon called the Israeli aggression a “flagrant violation of Lebanese sovereignty and a flagrant violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701… (which) threatens the stability that south Lebanon once enjoyed.”
UN Security Council Resolution 1701 calls for a complete cessation of hostilities and Israel’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon.
Early Friday, the Israeli military launched airstrikes in Lebanon hours after striking the Gaza Strip.
Israel says it attacked targets belonging to the Palestinian resistance group Hamas in southern Lebanon.
The Israeli army on Thursday said at least 30 rockets were fired from southern Lebanon into Israel.
So far, there has been no direct claim of responsibility from any group in Lebanon.
The development occurred after Israeli forces stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem and forcibly expelled Palestinian worshipers for two consecutive nights.
Brutal beatings, including with rifle butts, were carried out by Israeli forces against hundreds of Muslim worshipers inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex.
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