The complaint stated that Israel has deployed military forces, tanks, and armoured vehicles along the southern border of Lebanon. They have been targeting civilians, aid workers, and journalists while indiscriminately shelling towns and villages with over 8,570 strikes….reports Asian Lite News
Lebanon has submitted a formal complaint to the UN Security Council and Secretary-General António Guterres regarding Israel’s violation of its territory. Lebanon’s permanent mission to the UN has issued a complaint condemning Israel’s aggression against Lebanon’s sovereignty and the violation of its borders since the night of Oct. 1.
The complaint also criticizes Israel for disregarding the 2000 Blue Line and Security Council Resolution 1701, which was adopted in August 2006.
The mission demands a complete cessation of hostilities between Lebanon and Israel, as well as the establishment of a zone between the Blue Line and the Litani River that is free of armed groups, except for the Lebanese Armed Forces and UNIFIL.
The complaint stated that Israel has deployed military forces, tanks, and armoured vehicles along the southern border of Lebanon. They have been targeting civilians, aid workers, and journalists while indiscriminately shelling towns and villages with over 8,570 strikes.
Israel has carried out massive airstrikes since September 23, claiming to target Hezbollah locations across Lebanon. These airstrikes have resulted in the deaths of more than 1,100 individuals, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.
In response, Hezbollah has retaliated by launching multiple attacks against Israeli positions in the northern occupied territories. In the past few days, Hezbollah has fired hundreds of rockets, targeting key Israeli positions.
Iran FM in Beirut
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei announced on his social media account that Foreign Minister Araghchi arrived in Beirut on Friday.
The Iranian delegation, accompanied by two members of parliament and the head of the Red Crescent Society, will meet with high-ranking Lebanese officials, he added.
Additionally, he underlined that a shipment of 10 tons of food and medicine would be presented to Lebanon as part of Iran’s humanitarian aid.
Baghaei emphasized Iran’s unwavering support for the brave people of Lebanon and called on the entire region to recognize the gravity of Lebanon’s situation and its potential impact on their own nations’ futures.
Araghchi said, “This visit is for consultations with the Lebanese officials and political consultations on the current developments. We have always been and will always be in direct contact with our friends in Lebanon, and now it was necessary to have close consultations”.
Regarding his other goals for his trip to Lebanon, Araghchi pointed to the issue of providing relief to the people, saying, “The issue of providing relief to the Lebanese people who have been displaced due to the brutal bombings and need to assist is also important”.
The top Iranian diplomat described Iran’s solidarity with the people of Lebanon against the crimes committed by the Zionist regime as significant, noting, “The Islamic Republic of Iran has always been and still is a supporter of the Lebanese people, the Shiites, and Hezbollah, and we needed to share this with our friends by being in Beirut and saying that they should be sure that the Islamic Republic of Iran stands firmly with its friends in Lebanon.”
Khamenei Speech
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei is delivering a speech at the commemoration ceremony of the late Hezbollah leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, in Imam Khomeini’s Grand Mosalla in Tehran.
In his Friday Prayer sermons, Ayatollah Khamenei emphasized the importance of Muslim unity, stating that if Muslims come together, they can overcome their enemies.
He stressed that the enemy of the Iranian nation is also the enemy of the Iraqi, Lebanese, and Egyptian nations, emphasizing that their enemy is the same.
Referring to the Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, Ayatollah Khamenei called it a legal and international move and affirming the Palestinians’ rightness in their actions.
He condemned the crimes committed by the Israeli regime and asserted that every nation has the right to defend its country and territory against aggressors.
Furthermore, Ayatollah Khamenei praised the recent anti-Israeli operation by the country’s armed forces, describing it as a legal and legitimate move. He emphasized that they neither delay nor rush in fulfilling their duty.
The most important message of Martyr Nasrallah to the loyal people of Lebanon in his life was, “Do not be disappointed and dismayed by the loss of prominent figures such as Imam Musa al-Sadr, Seyed Abbas Mousavi, and others. Do not hesitate in the path of the fight. Increase your efforts and strength. Redouble your solidarity, resist the aggressor enemy by strengthening faith and trust, and thwart them,” Ayatollah Khamenei emphasized.
The Iranian Supreme Leader highlighted that the enemy’s actions, such as assassination and killing of civilians, are signs of its weakness rather than victory, underling that such finally would lead this “vampire wolf” to elimination.
He emphasized that any blows to the “Zionist regime” benefit humanity as a whole.
Additionally, he described Hezbollah’s defence of Gaza as a vital service to the Islamic world and called on all Muslims to support Lebanon.
The reliance of the United States and its accomplices on maintaining the security of the usurping regime is a cover for the deadly policy of turning the Israeli regime into a tool for controlling all the resources of this region and using it in major global conflicts, Ayatollah Khamenei said.
The aim is to make the Israeli regime a key player in exporting energy from the region to the Western world, while also importing goods and technology from the West to the region, he said, adding that this would ensure the survival of the usurping regime and make the entire region dependent on it.
The Supreme Leader underscored, “Any blow to the Israeli regime by anyone and any group would benefit the entire region and humanity as a whole. Certainly, this Zionist and American dream is a false and unrealistic fantasy.”
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf and Iran’s Judiciary chief Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei attended the commemoration ceremony of Nasrallah.
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