Beirut, 15 Feb (Xinhua) -- Lebanese Prime Minister Mikati strongly condemned Israel's continued aggression against southern Lebanon on 15 February and the deaths of Lebanese civilians, especially the attack on the southern Lebanese city of Nabayyya on the evening of 14 February, which killed a family of seven.
According to the Lebanese state news agency, Mikati said in a statement that in light of Israel's continued aggression and killing of civilians, as well as the massive destruction caused by Israeli attacks, he has asked the Lebanese minister to submit an urgent complaint against Israel to the UN Security Council.
On the 15th, the speaker of the Lebanese National Assembly, Berri, condemned the Israeli attack in Nabaitieya that caused women and children**, and called for immediate and urgent action to "stop the killing by Israel".
On the 15th, the spokesperson of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, Tenanti, expressed deep concern over the exchange of fire across the "Blue Line" along the Lebanese-Israeli border, and reiterated that attacks against civilians violate international law and constitute war crimes. He urged all parties concerned to immediately cease hostilities to prevent further escalation of the situation, and stressed the need to intensify diplomatic efforts to restore stability and ensure the safety of all civilians living in the vicinity of the Blue Line.
Lebanese security and medical sources told Xinhua that Israel's attack on the Lebanese-Israeli border area on the night of the 14th has killed eight people and injured six others. Rescuers are still searching the rubble.
Since the outbreak of a new round of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in October 2023, the Lebanese Allah Party has shown solidarity with the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) by its militant groups firing rockets and artillery shells at Israeli positions, while the Israeli army has also used air strikes and artillery shelling. In the past two days, the situation between Lebanon and Israel has escalated. The Israeli military issued a statement on the 15th, saying that Israeli warplanes attacked dozens of Lebanese Allah targets that day, including military buildings and infrastructure. The Israeli army also announced that it had launched an air strike on Nabaitiya on the night of the 14th, killing a senior commander of Allah's elite forces. (ENDS).