Lebanon files complaint to UN over Israeli walls crossing border

Lebanon's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants said on Friday that the country has submitted a complaint to the United Nations Security Council, through its permanent mission in New York, protesting what it described as a new and serious Israeli violation of Lebanese sovereignty.



According to a statement from the ministry, the violation involves Israel constructing two T-shaped concrete separation walls in the southwest and southeast of the southern village of Yaroun, within internationally recognized Lebanese borders.



The complaint said the two walls, documented by the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), have led to the seizure of additional Lebanese land and violate UN Security Council Resolution 1701 and the 2024 ceasefire agreement between the two countries.



Lebanon called on the UN Security Council and the UN Secretariat to take immediate measures to stop Israel's violation of Lebanese sovereignty, demand the removal of the two walls, and guarantee Israel's prompt withdrawal south of the Blue Line.