Lebanese President Joseph Aoun condemned an Israeli strike Tuesday on Beirut’s southern suburbs, calling on international allies to support the country’s right to full territorial sovereignty.
“Israel’s persistence in its aggression requires more effort from us in addressing Lebanon’s friends around the world and rallying them in support of our right to full sovereignty over our land,” Aoun said in a statement released by the presidency, calling the strike “a dangerous warning” of intentions against Lebanon.
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam also said the Israeli strike on south Beirut was a “clear breach” of a ceasefire that largely ended more than a year of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah.
In a statement issued by his office, Salam condemned the strike as “a clear breach of the arrangements of the cessation of hostilities” and a “flagrant violation of United Nations Resolution 1701,” a Security Council decision that ended a 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah and served as the foundation of the November truce.
At least three people were killed and seven wounded in he Israeli airstrike on Beirut, the Lebanese health ministry said, further testing a shaky four-month ceasefire between Israel and the Iran-aligned group.
The Israeli military said in a statement that it attacked a Hezbollah militant “who had recently directed Hamas operatives and assisted them.”
There was no immediate statement from Hezbollah on the identity of the target.
Agencies
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