Israeli bombing of southern Lebanon
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Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the Second Lebanon War in 2006, states that Hezbollah will not be allowed to operate in southern Lebanon.
Israeli media reported that Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen sent a letter to the UN Security Council “an explicit warning” about the possibility of a “regional war” due to the situation in southern Lebanon, the Israeli media reported on Tuesday. Israeli channel 12.
Cohen warned in an “extraordinary” letter that if Security Council Resolution 1701 is not fully implemented, and the presence of Hezbollah’s “Radwan Force” at the border continues, and if the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL ) will not use all its capabilities to prevent… If there was an illegal military presence south of the Litani River, a “regional war” could break out.
Southern Lebanon
“In the interests of regional stability and to prevent further escalation, the upcoming UN Security Council discussion must take a fundamentally different approach to ending the serious violations committed by Hezbollah and other organizations on the border,” he said. written Cohen.
Resolution no. Security Council 1701, which ended the Second Lebanon War in 2006, states that Hezbollah should not be allowed to operate in southern Lebanon and that the entire region must be free of any armed presence and weapons other than those belonging to the Lebanese. government.
The mission of UNIFIL, which serves as a buffer between Lebanon and Israel in the border area, is to implement Resolution 1701.
Earlier this month, US envoy Amos Hockstein issued a veiled warning to Lebanon of a fate similar to what is happening in the Gaza war if escalation in the border area with Israel continues, and underlined the need to implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701.
On the spot, the Hamas movement announced today, Wednesday, the killing of an official of its military wing, Khalil Kharaz, in a raid carried out yesterday, Tuesday, by Israel in southern Lebanon.
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, mourned Al-Kharaz in a statement, saying he came from Rashidieh camp in Lebanon, and “worked to support and assist the resistance at home and abroad. . and on the field.”
This comes as the Lebanese Hezbollah announced, yesterday, Tuesday, the death of one of its members due to wounds sustained in clashes with the Israeli army on Lebanon’s southern border.
This brings Hezbollah’s death toll to 78 in the exchange of bombings with Israel since October 8th.
On a daily basis, the Israeli army exchanges intermittent shelling with Hezbollah and Palestinian factions in Lebanon, leaving dead and wounded on both sides of the border.
These clashes continue in the wake of the war waged by the Israeli army 46 days ago against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, which has resulted in the deaths of more than 14,000 Palestinians, including more than 5,000 children, as well as more than 33,000 injuries.
On October 7, Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israeli settlements around the Gaza Strip, killing at least 1,200 people.