Army says asked Mechanism to stop Israel's attacks after Blida raid

The Lebanese Army said Thursday that a military patrol headed to the southern border town of Blida after receiving information about gunfire in the vicinity of the municipality building.

“It turned out that an (Israeli) enemy unit had made an incursion into the town and opened fire at the municipality building, targeting one of its employees which resulted in his martyrdom,” the army added.

“What the Israeli enemy committed is a criminal act, a blatant violation of Lebanese sovereignty and a breach of the cessation of hostilities agreement and Resolution 1701. It also comes as part of the continuous attacks by the Israeli enemy against unarmed citizens and the flimsy claims and excuses that the enemy is launching are totally baseless and aimed at justifying its violations against our country and citizens,” the army said.

It added that it has asked the U.S.-led Mechanism ceasefire monitoring committee to “put an end to the Israeli enemy’s aggravated violations,” adding that the Army Command is “continuously following up on the enemy’s violations with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).”