Lebanon calls on UN to take ‘firm stance’ against Israel after device blasts
BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has called on the UN Security Council to take a “firm stance” against Israel following two waves of detonation of wireless communication devices across the country.
At least 37 people were killed and nearly 3,000 others injured on Tuesday and Wednesday in explosions that targeted thousands of wireless communication devices across the country.
In a statement ahead of a UN Security Council session upon a Lebanese request, Mikati called for taking a “firm stance to stop the Israeli aggression on Lebanon, including its technological warfare, which has resulted in hundreds of martyrs and thousands of injuries.”
He said the international community bears a responsibility “to deter Israel from its aggression.”
“This matter concerns all humanity,” he added.
The Lebanese government and Hezbollah have accused Israel of being behind the device explosions, with Hezbollah vowing retaliation.
There has been no Israeli comment on the blasts, which came amid an escalation in cross-border warfare between Israel and Hezbollah since the start of Israel’s deadly genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which has killed nearly 41,300 people, mostly women and children, since October 7.
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