Diab Orders U.N. Complaint against Israel over 'Dangerous' Aerial Violation

Caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab on Friday asked caretaker Foreign Minister Zeina Akar to file an urgent U.N. complaint against Israel over its violation of Lebanon’s airspace during the overnight strike on Syria.

Diab said Israel “violated Lebanese sovereignty and subjected the safety of civilian aviation and the lives of Lebanese and foreign civilian passengers to a direct danger.”

“The Israeli enemy’s continued violation of Lebanon’s sovereignty represents a direct threat to U.N. resolution 1701,” the caretaker PM added in a statement, calling on the U.N. and the international community to “condemn the Israeli aggression and take measures that preserve Lebanese sovereignty and protect U.N. resolution 1701,” Diab added.

Akar also issued a statement condemning the violations and saying the overflight sparked panic among Lebanese citizens.

Israeli warplanes overflew Lebanon at low altitude on Thursday night and missiles were reportedly seen crossing the Lebanese airspace during an airstrike on the suburbs of the Syrian regions of Damascus and Homs.

The sounds of the fighter jets and missiles sparked panic in the Lebanese capital and other Lebanese regions.

Lebanese media also reported two missiles fell in the Qalamoun region bordering Lebanon.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor, said that "Israeli missiles targeted arms depots and military positions of" Hizbullah between Syria's Damascus and Homs.