Lebanon Details Israeli Artillery Fire in Letter to U.N.
Lebanon has sent a letter to the United Nations over the Israeli artillery fire in retaliation to a Katyusha rocket attack from southern Lebanon on the Jewish state on Tuesday.
An Nahar daily on Thursday quoted a Lebanese diplomat as saying that the letter included details on the firing of nine shells on the outskirts of the towns of Houla and Mais al-Jabal, which caused material damage only. One of the shells did not explode.
The shelling, according to the Lebanese letter, was accompanied by violation of Lebanese airspace as Israeli helicopters and drones flew over the two towns all the way to Tal al-Abbad.
The letter said the Israeli attack was in violation of Security Council resolution 1701.
The diplomat told An Nahar that Caretaker Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh has asked Lebanon”s representative to the U.N. Nawaf Salam to deliver the letter to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon who in his turn should hand over the complaint to the Security Council president.
The Lebanese move came the same day Israeli Ambassador to the U.N. Gabriela Shalev has filed an official complaint with Ban and the Security Council president over the Katyusha rocket attack.