Suleiman: Israeli Threats against Lebanon Violate Resolution 1701

President Michel Suleiman urged the international community on Thursday to pressure Israel into ending its threats against Lebanon and slammed the Jewish state for violating U.N. Security Council resolution 1701.

In a statement issued by Baabda palace, Suleiman said: “The international community should pressure Israel to stop adopting the policy of threats and aggression against Lebanon and to cooperate with international and Arab peace initiatives in the Middle East.”

“Israel's continued threats to launch a military operation against Lebanon in addition to daily violations of (Lebanese) airspace are flagrant violations of resolution 1701,” which enforced a ceasefire that ended Israel's inconclusive 2006 war with Hizbullah, he said.

The Jewish state regularly sends warplanes on surveillance flights over Lebanon.

Last week, Israel Defense Forces Home Front Command Chief Maj. Gen. Eyal Eisenberg warned that the next war with Hizbullah will be ten times fiercer than in 2006.

He noted that prior to 2006, the party was capable of launching 500 rockets at Gush Dan in Israel, but it failed to do so because the Israeli air force destroyed Iran's Fajr rockets within the first few days of the war.

He said should a war erupt today, Gush Dan would be the target of some 5,000 Hizbullah rockets.