Mikati urges FM to file complaint with UNSC over Israeli violations

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Agencies + Al Mayadeen
2 Jan 2024 22:17
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Mikati's request comes in the wake of the latest Israeli violation of Lebanese sovereignty after targeting the Southern Suburb of the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati delivers his remarks during the 78th session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, United States, on September 21, 2023. (UN)

Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati requested on Tuesday that the Lebanese Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Abdallah Bou Habib, urgently file a complaint with the United Nations Security Council regarding Israeli violations.

Mikati's request comes in the wake of the latest Israeli violation of Lebanese sovereignty after targeting the Southern Suburb of the Lebanese capital Beirut on Tuesday evening and all the recent Israeli violations.

Earlier on Tuesday, the Deputy Chief of the Political Bureau of the Hamas movement, Saleh al-Arouri, was martyred in an Israeli strike that targeted the Southern Suburb of Beirut.

Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA) reported that "an Israeli drone targeted an office of the Hamas movement in Msharafieh" while "ambulances reached the area to transport casualties."

Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported that an Israeli drone targeted the building with three missiles, resulting in the martyrdom of six individuals.

The Lebanese Prime Minister had earlier condemned the Israeli attack that targeted the Southern Suburb of Beirut and resulted in martyrs, describing it as "a new Israeli crime aimed at inevitably dragging Lebanon into a new phase of confrontation, following the daily ongoing assaults in the South, resulting in a significant number of martyrs and wounded individuals," as reported by NNA.

"This explosion undoubtedly aims to implicate Lebanon, serving as a clear response to our efforts to keep the specter of the ongoing war in Gaza away from Lebanon," Mikati said.

"We appeal to the concerned nations to pressure Israel to halt its targeting. We also caution against the Israeli political establishment resorting to exporting its failures in Gaza towards the southern borders to establish new facts and rules of engagement."