The Lebanese government announced on Friday that it will file a complaint with the UN Security Council over the Israeli attack carried out on its territory this Friday, deeming it a “flagrant” violation of its sovereignty.
Lebanese diplomacy chief Abdullah Bou Habib ordered the country’s permanent mission to the United Nations to file an “official complaint” regarding Israel’s “deliberate bombing and aggression beginning this Friday in areas of South Lebanon”. Lebanon”.
The measure was approved by Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati after Israel attacked targets of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas in southern Lebanon in recent hours.
On Thursday afternoon, several rockets were fired from southern Lebanon towards Israeli territory.
On Thursday evening, Mikati condemned the attack on Israeli territory, which the Jewish state attributes to Palestinian armed groups in Lebanon, and condemned “the use of Lebanese territory to conduct operations that unbalance stability in the region” and asked for the “escalation” prevent violence. .
However, Israel believes that “the Lebanese state is responsible for all aggression perpetrated from its territory,” an Israeli military spokesman said.
This Friday morning, Lebanese Defense Minister Maurice Slim maintained a conciliatory tone during a meeting with his Italian counterpart, Guido Crosetto, to whom he conveyed the interests of the Lebanese army in “mastering security” and “maintaining stability in the south”. of the region.
However, Slim stressed that they are ready to “face any aggression,” the Lebanese Defense Ministry published on the social network Twitter.
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— Ministry of Defense (@LebanonDefense) April 7, 2023
At the same time, the Israeli army continued to attack Hamas targets with fighter jets and tanks in the Gaza Strip during the early hours of this Friday morning, from which a series of rockets were also fired into Israeli territory, amid a new escalation. tensions in the region.
Source: DN
