A Lebanese complaint to the Security Council against Israel and Hezbollah bombing occupied Kafr Shuba

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The Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that it had instructed its permanent mission to the UN Security Council to file a complaint against Israel for targeting Lebanese medics, amid an Israeli escalation that broke the rules of engagement with Hezbollah.

The Lebanese Foreign Ministry explained that the complaint addresses the massacres committed by Israel against paramedics and civilians in the villages of southern Lebanon, especially Hebariyeh, Naqoura and Baalbek, in which more than 16 people, including paramedics and civilians, were killed.

Yesterday, Wednesday, Israeli warplanes targeted southern Lebanon in the most violent wave of military escalation, as their aircraft launched raids on the towns of Naqoura and Tayr Harf in the Tire district, killing 9 people, including two paramedics and 3 civilians.

At dawn that day, the Israeli army targeted a center for the Islamic Medical Association (affiliated with the Islamic University) in the town of Al-Habbariyeh, southern Lebanon, killing 7 paramedics and wounding others.

 Bombing an Israeli site

At the field level, Hezbollah announced that it had targeted the Israeli site of Al-Samaqa in the occupied Lebanese hills of Kafr Shuba with missiles, confirming that it had achieved a direct hit.

The party announced that yesterday evening it bombed the Israeli settlements of Gorn and Shlomi in the Western Galilee with missile weapons and artillery, and also targeted with artillery the headquarters of the newly created Liman Brigade in the Western Galilee.

Al Jazeera's correspondent said that sirens sounded several times in the Israeli towns of Shlomi, Hanita, Gorn and Gornot in the Western Galilee.

Hezbollah and Israel have been exchanging fire across the border since the outbreak of the war waged by the Israeli occupation on the Gaza Strip, in the largest escalation between the two sides since the month-long fighting between them in 2006.

White House priority

In another context, the White House stressed that restoring calm on the Lebanese-Israeli border is a priority for Washington, noting also that restoring calm must be the most important priority for Israel and Lebanon.

At the beginning of this month, US envoy Amos Hockstein visited Beirut to continue diplomatic efforts aimed at stopping the escalation across the Lebanese-Israeli border and achieving stability.

Yesterday, Wednesday, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni visited Lebanon and met with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati in Beirut. According to a statement by the Lebanese Prime Minister, the meeting touched on Security Council resolutions related to the region and Lebanon.

While Meloni - who is visiting Lebanon for the first time - reiterated her commitment to supporting Lebanon's stability and the need to avoid the risk of escalation along the border with Israel, Mikati renewed his country's commitment to fully implementing all its international resolutions, especially Resolution 1701.

Resolution 1701 calls for a complete cessation of hostilities between Lebanon and Israel, and for the creation of a buffer zone between the Blue Line (separating Lebanon and Israel) and the Litani River, free of any militants, military equipment and weapons, except for those belonging to the Lebanese Armed Forces and the UN “UNIFIL” forces.

Source: Al Jazeera