(BEIRUT, LEBANON) — Lebanon filed a complaint with the United Nations Security Council on Thursday against Israel over bombarding southern villages in retaliation for rockets fired by “outlaws.”
“Upon receiving the required documents from the Army’s leadership and the Defense Ministry, the Foreign Ministry advanced a complaint against Israel in the Security Council over the dangerous and various Israeli violations of Lebanon’s sovereignty and of the Security Council Resolution 1701,” a statement read.
The statement added that 516 Israeli violations to Lebanese territorial sovereignty had been recorded during the first five months of 2014.
The Foreign Ministry condemned the Israel offense on Gaza in the statement, saying that “Lebanon considers that launching rockets against the occupied Palestinian territories by some outlaw individuals or some margin groups is a condemned act.”
Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil had pledged to take such action earlier this week, saying that neither the rocket launching nor the Israeli retaliatory acts were acceptable.
U.N. Special Coordinator to Lebanon Derek Plumbly had condemned both the rocket attacks on Israel and the Israeli retaliatory action, saying that UNIFIL launched an investigation to prevent their recurrence.