(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - On Friday, caretaker Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour tasked the country’s Ambassador to the UN Nawaf Salam with lodging the complaint, the state National News Agency reported.
The move came after an Israeli commando force of 15 soldiers crossed the border of the occupied Shebaa farms on Monday, abducting Lebanese shepherd, Youssef Hussein Rhayyel.
Rhayyel was taken to an Israeli military post in the occupied farms. He was reportedly freed on Monday evening.
“The kidnapping is another Israeli assault on Lebanon that include violating the border, Lebanese waters and airspace,” Mansour said, adding, “Such incidents are also a violation of the UN Security Council Resolution 1701 and of Lebanon's sovereignty.”
On July 2, Israeli soldiers abducted two other shepherds from an area near the town of Shebaa. The men were freed a day later.
The Israeli military frequently violates Lebanon's airspace, territorial waters and border.
The violations contravene United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the Israeli war on Lebanon in 2006.
Lebanon’s government, the Hezbollah resistance movement, and the UN Interim Force in Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, have repeatedly condemned the overflights, saying they are in clear violation of the Lebanese sovereignty and the UN Resolution.
UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which brokered a ceasefire in the war of aggression Israel launched on Lebanon in 2006, calls on Tel Aviv to respect Lebanon’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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