Lebanon condemns Israeli attack on its territory
The Lebanese Foreign Ministry, on Friday, condemned Israeli attacks on villages in southern Lebanon.
More than 15 rockets were fired toward the border villages of Kfarchouba and Mazraat Halta by Israeli forces on Thursday morning.
Israel claimed that it was responding to the firing of two rockets from southern Lebanon by unidentified persons.
The Israelis had at the weekend also seized the Lebanese part of Ghajar, further heightening tensions between the two countries.
The Lebanese Foreign Ministry called for “Israel’s immediate and unconditional withdrawal from all the Lebanese territories it still occupies.”
Also, Lebanese Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati urged “the United Nations to work to stop the Israeli violations in the recent period of the Blue Line.”
Hezbollah, a Lebanon-based armed group and political party, called on the Lebanese government and people to act against Israeli violations in Ghajar.
Ghajar is an Alawite-majority village that the Blue Line crosses, located along the border between Lebanon and Israel-occupied Golan Heights. It was cut off from Lebanon after the Israeli army erected a fence to its north, in violation of UN Resolution 1701.
Apart from occasional tensions in recent months, the Lebanese-Israeli border has largely remained quiet since Israel fought a month-long war with Hezbollah in 2006.
(Xinhua/NAN)
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