Israeli Breach of Airspace Amounts to Attack on Lebanon: Aoun

Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun says Israeli jets’ violation of the Lebanese airspace amounts to an attack on the country’s national sovereignty, noting that Beirut will lodge a complaint with the United Nations Security Council.

“Lebanon considered that the Israeli warplanes’ use of the Lebanese airspace is an attack on our sovereignty, and we will not accept any Israeli exploitation of our airspace,” Aoun said during a cabinet meeting on Thursday, according to Press TV.

He was reacting to strikes carried out by Israeli F-15 warplanes via Lebanese air space on T-4 air base in Syria’s Homs Province on Monday. The air raids killed and wounded several people.

 Elsewhere in his remarks, the Lebanese president said, “We condemn any Israeli attack on any Arab state.”

“Lebanon will file a complaint against the Israeli violation of the Lebanese sovereignty, before the UN Security Council,” he pointed out.

Lebanon’s Foreign Ministry had earlier announced its intention to take the issue to the Security Council.

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