by middleeastmonitor.com

Lebanon’s foreign minister has asked his country’s diplomats at the
UN to file a complaint “urgently” to the Security Council regarding the
latest Israeli violations of Lebanese sovereignty, Anadolu reported on Friday. Israel continues to occupy the southern Lebanese towns of Al-Ghajar and Shabaa Farms.

Jobran Bassil has sent a letter referring to Israel’s violation of UN
Security Council Resolution 1701 regarding the rights of the Lebanese
people and Lebanon’s sovereignty. “Since the Israeli occupation forces
persist in violating Lebanon’s sovereignty and fail to comply with
international resolutions, particularly 1701, we hereby ask you [the
diplomats] to inform the concerned authorities in the United Nations,
particularly the Security Council, of Israel’s offences in the occupied
Lebanese part of Al-Ghajar and Shebaa Farms.”

According to the Chinese Xinhua news agency, Israel has
imposed new rules, regulations and taxes in the occupied parts of
Al-Ghajar as well new illegal settlements. In addition, the construction
of new roads and other infrastructure has started in the occupied
Shebaa Farms area.

It is also reported that Hezbollah has condemned Israel for what it
is doing The Lebanese movement called on the government to “defend
Lebanon’s sovereignty” and “take the necessary measures in the face of
the rejected Israeli moves.”

In 2006, Israel launched a 33-day war against Hezbollah after its
militia kidnapped three Israeli soldiers. Around 900,000 Lebanese people
were displaced during the war, and more than 1,000 were killed, with
another 3,000 wounded. Resolution 1701 was issued when the war ended. It
was intended to reinforce the role of the UN peacekeeping mission in
the south of Lebanon and banned any military presence or cross-border
attacks by Hezbollah.