Lebanon Warns Militants Against Firing Rockets at Israel
20 August 2006
Lebanon's defense minister says any group that breaks the ceasefire with Israel will be considered a traitor and will be dealt with decisively.
Elias Murr says anyone who fires a rocket at Israel would be giving the Jewish state a pretext to strike Lebanon. He says ceasefire violators will be arrested and tried by a military court.
Murr did not specifically direct the warning at Hezbollah, which fought Israel for a month before the U.N.-backed ceasefire was put in place last week.
Also Sunday, Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora toured Beirut's heavily bombed southern suburbs. He told journalists that the destruction shows Israel committed crimes against humanity during the fighting.
On Saturday, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan voiced concern over an Israeli commando raid in eastern Lebanon earlier in the day.
Israeli officials say the raid was a defensive operation to stop Hezbollah from being re-armed and did not violate the ceasefire.
Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.
|
NEWSLETTER
|
| Join the GlobalSecurity.org mailing list |
|
|
|
