Foreign Ministry Asks Lebanon's U.N. Ambassador to File Complaint over Israeli Raids
Foreign Minister Jebra Bassil on Thursday asked Lebanon's envoy to the United Nations to file a complaint against Israel over the two airstrikes it waged on the Bekaa town of Janta.
"Bassil asked ambassador Nawaf Salam to hand over the complaint to U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon,” the state-run National News Agency said.
The NNA noted that the U.N. chief will then submit the complaint to the head of the Security Council and distribute it to member states.
"Lebanon will also preserve its right to call on the U.N. Security Council to convene when necessary,” the news agency added.
Bassil also condemned the Israeli attack on Lebanon and its violation of the U.N. Security Council resolution 1701, calling on the the United Nations to commit to implementing this decision.
President Michel Suleiman had asked Bassil to collect all necessary information to prepare for filing the complaint.
Hizbullah confirmed on Wednesday that Israeli fighter jets had shelled one of its positions on the Lebanese-Syrian border on Monday.
The party said in a statement that the resistance will “choose the right time and place to retaliate to the strike near Janta.
Israel has not acknowledged the raid, but officials have confirmed a general policy of interdicting suspected arms deliveries from Syria to Hizbullah.
"We are doing everything that is necessary in order to defend the security of Israel," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday.
"We will not say what we're doing or what we're not doing," he said.
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