United Nations: Lebanon has sent a letter of complaint to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the president of the UN Security Council after Israel conducted on Tuesday a deadly attack in Beirut, Lebanese mission to the United Nations spokesperson Katia Badr told Sputnik.
“Lebanon sent an identical letter to the president of the Security Council and the Secretary-General about Israel’s attack on a residential area in the southern suburb of Beirut, which led to the killing of two Lebanese and five Palestinians,” Badr said.
One of the killed – and primary target of Israel’s drone attack – was the Palestinian movement Hamas’ deputy political leader Saleh al-Arouri.
The letter characterized the attack as being the “most dangerous chapter” in a series of escalating, hostile acts perpetrated by Israel against Lebanon since October 8.
The incidents include Israel bombarding Lebanese villages; displacing civilians; using banned phosphorus munitions; and targeting positions belonging to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, the letter said.
“Lebanon calls on the United Nations to condemn this attack; pressure Israel to desist from escalation; and take all necessary measures to put a stop to Israeli attacks on the sovereignty, territorial integrity and people of Lebanon in order to prevent the conflict from escalating and plunging the entire region into an all-out destructive war that will be difficult to contain,” the letter said.
France presides over the UN Security Council during the month of January.
