Barak: We Won”t Tolerate Hizbullah”s Violation of 1701
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert would summon his Security Cabinet Wednesday to discuss alleged violations by Hizbullah of a two-year-old cease-fire, Israel Army Radio reported.
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak was quoted in a statement late Tuesday as saying that Israel would not tolerate the violation of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701 that ended the 34-day war between the Jewish State and Hizbullah in the summer of 2006.
"Israel cannot accept the continuing and increasing erosion" of the truce, Barak was quoted as saying during a telephone conversation with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner.
The statement listed arms supplies from Syria and demanded that the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) take action to stop it.
Barak”s statement came a day after Israel and Hizbullah signed a prisoner swap agreement.
Under the deal, Israel will hand over Samir Qantar, serving multiple life terms for a 1979 attack in Israel”s north, as well as four Hizbullah prisoners and dozens of bodies of fighters. In return, the Jewish state is to receive two soldiers captured by Hizbullah in the 2006 cross-border raid that set off the fierce 34-day war.