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This Wednesday the Israeli Navy took part in first time in attacks on Hezbollah militia targets in Lebanonin an offensive that is already underway by land, sea and air and which, according to Lebanese authorities, has killed more than 2,000 people in just a few weeks.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed the offensive and also released images of the first attacks, organized in cooperation with ground forces. Among the achieved goals are Hezbollah’s “shuttles, military positions and weapons caches.”

Israeli forces intensified their bombing of Hezbollah after a year of cross-border attacks on Lebanon’s southern border, to the point that on October 1 They launched a ground offensive that they promised would be “selective.” As part of this offensive, they carried out shelling and raids on UN peacekeeping force (UNIFIL) bases.

For their part, the Lebanese authorities presented this Wednesday another complaint against Israel at the UN Security Council for the “continuous bombing” that the country has suffered in recent weeks, and asked the organization to condemn Israeli “aggression” as quickly as possible.

Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs He therefore filed a new complaint through his permanent mission in New York. where the UN headquarters is located, and warned that Israeli forces continued to bomb “emergency medical centers and civilians.”

Thus, he called on the Security Council “force Israel to implement resolution 1701” which was approved in 2006 and led to the end of the conflict that year between the Israeli army and the Shiite militia party Hezbollah.

This new complaint was filed in the context of attacks carried out against the country between October 3 and October 14, the ministry explained. also asks to condemn the “invasion of Lebanese territory” and “immediately cease Israeli aggressive actions.”

Lebanon’s acting prime minister, Naib Mikati, complained to the UN last week that approve a resolution demanding an “immediate ceasefire” with Israel and the application of Resolution 1701, while emphasizing that the Shiite militia party Hezbollah “supports” its full implementation.

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“We are committed to our rights and our territory, and we have demonstrated this many times in other international Lebanon’s commitment to resolution 1701″ He said at the time, before stressing that invading the country was “completely unacceptable.”

However, Israel describes its invasion, which began on October 1, as an operation. “selective and limited” against Hezbollah’s “terrorist sites and infrastructure.” The offensive came after nearly two weeks of intense attacks and was accompanied by increased bombing of the capital Beirut and other parts of the country.

(according to information from Europe Press)