Lebanon files Security Council complaint over Israeli attacks

Lebanon & Isreal – (Web Desk) -Thursday was another bloody day in Lebanon. People died on both sides of the border. And Lebanon’s government has had enough. Prime Minister Nawaf Salam told his foreign minister to take the matter straight to the United Nations Security Council.

Israel has been bombing Lebanon since early March. It started after Hezbollah fired rockets into Israel. The group did this to avenge the death of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Since then the violence has not stopped.

Lebanese state media confirmed at least five people were killed in Israeli strikes on Thursday. Two of them died when a building was hit in the Nabatiyeh area in the south. Rescue workers dug through the rubble while smoke still rose from what was left of the structure.

Israel lost two soldiers in south Lebanon that same day. This brought their total losses there in March alone to four. On top of that a rocket fired from Lebanon killed a civilian man near Nahariya in northern Israel.

Hezbollah said its fighters were active across several areas including Naqura and Khiam. The group also claimed it struck targets inside Israel including a defence ministry site in Tel Aviv.

Israel has made its intentions clear. It wants to control south Lebanon all the way to the Litani River. That is about 30 kilometres from the border. Human Rights Watch pointed out this area is roughly eight percent of Lebanon’s entire territory. Bigger than Bahrain. Bigger than New York City. Twice the size of Gaza.

A source on the ground told reporters the Israeli army was moving forward slowly but steadily every single day.

There is trouble inside Lebanon’s own government too. Ministers from Hezbollah and its ally Amal skipped Thursday’s cabinet meeting. They were protesting the government’s decision to expel Iran’s ambassador. Outside the Iranian embassy in Beirut dozens of people gathered in protest. Some waved Iranian and Hezbollah flags. Others chanted against America and Israel.

One protester named Mohammed said he came to show support for the Iranian ambassador and hoped the government would reverse its decision. A 43 year old woman named Farida Noureddine put it more bluntly. She said Lebanon’s foreign minister was simply following Israeli orders.

The Lebanese health ministry says 1,116 people have been killed since March 2. Among them 121 were children. Israel says it has killed around 700 Hezbollah fighters though the group itself has stayed silent on its losses.

Egypt’s foreign minister also visited and called for an immediate stop to what he described as Israeli aggression against Lebanon.

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The journalists are not safe either. The Committee to Protect Journalists is calling for an investigation into the death of Hussain Hamood. He was a freelance journalist working for Al Manar TV. He was killed in an Israeli strike in Nabatiyeh the day before.

The war is getting wider. The toll is getting heavier. And the world is watching.