Lebanon lodges complaint with UNSC against Israeli violations

Lebanese Foreign
Minister Jebran Bassil on Sunday directed Lebanon’s ambassador to the UN to
file an urgent complaint against Israel with the UN Security Council over its
“dangerous violation of Lebanese sovereignty,” in connection with the overnight
drone blast in a Hizbullah stronghold in Beirut’s southern suburbs.
Stressing Lebanon’s
keenness on the implementation of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701, which
ended the 2006 war between Israel and Hizbullah, Bassil said Israel is
meanwhile “committing daily and repeated violations that terrorize the Lebanese
and threaten their safety", Nahar reported.
“Lebanon’s keenness on
abiding by U.N. resolutions and its commitment to stability do not negate its
right to defend national sovereignty and carry out what is necessary to
preserve it,” the minister added in a statement released by the Foreign Ministry.
A source has revealed
that the drone, which was shot down in the area of Moawad in the southern suburb of Beirut,
is a small Israeli reconnaissance aircraft that tasked with carrying out
military missions.
Hezbollah's media
official, Muhammad Afif, said that Hezbollah had not shot down any Israeli
aircraft in the southern suburbs of Beirut in the morning