Flames erupt next to a press car following reported Israeli shelling in Lebanon's southern border village of Yaroun on Nov 13, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP)

BEIRUT - Lebanon filed on Tuesday a complaint to the UN Security Council (UNSC) against Israel for launching attacks on journalists, said Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib.

"Israel's deliberate and direct bombing of the journalists' convoy is a violation of international humanitarian law and a war crime," Bou Habib said in a statement carried by the National News Agency (NNA).

On Monday, two Israeli strikes targeted a team of journalists from several media outlets covering field developments in the southern Lebanese village of Yaroun.

Al Jazeera said the bombing injured its photographer Issam Mawasi, and damaged the media network's vehicle.

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"We realize that journalists miraculously escaped serious injury yesterday while covering the events near the Blue Line, and peacekeepers assisted in recovering their vehicles and equipment," said Andrea Tenenti, spokesperson for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon.

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Tuesday warned of an expansion of Israel-Hamas conflict amid the ongoing clashes between the Israeli army and Lebanese militants in southern Lebanon

On Oct 14, the Lebanese Foreign Ministry submitted a complaint to the UNSC about Israel's deliberate killing of Lebanese photojournalist Issam Abdallah, who worked for Reuters.

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On Oct 13, an Israeli bombing targeted journalist crews on the outskirts of the town of Alma al-Shaab in southern Lebanon, killing Abdallah and wounding five other journalists from Reuters, Agence France-Presse, and Al Jazeera.

Parliament speaker warns of conflict expansion

Also on Tuesday, Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri warned of an expansion of Israel-Hamas conflict amid the ongoing clashes between the Israeli army and Lebanese militants in southern Lebanon, the NNA reported.

"The Israeli enemy's persistence in escalating its aggression, repeatedly targeting civilians, media professionals, and paramedics, with its attacks extending deep into southern Lebanon and its threats to attack the Lebanese capital Beirut, increase the risks of expanding the war in the region, contrary to international and Arab positions calling for adherence to international legitimacy," Berri said.

Smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike (left) and artillery shelling (right) on the outskirts of Aita al-Shaab, a Lebanese border village with Israel in south Lebanon, Nov 13, 2023. (PHOTO / AP)

His made the remarks during a meeting in Beirut with Aroldo Lazaro Saenz, head of mission of the United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL).

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For his part, Lazaro expressed his deep concern about the situation in southern Lebanon and the potential for broader and more severe hostilities, adding that UNIFIL's priorities are to prevent escalation, protect civilians, and ensure the safety of peacekeepers.

Lazaro also met on Tuesday with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, who reaffirmed "Lebanon's commitment to keeping UNIFIL forces in the south without any changes to their tasks."

Confrontations on the Lebanese-Israeli borders continued on Tuesday, during which two Hezbollah fighters were wounded, according to a Lebanese military source.

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The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Xinhua that Israeli drones and warplanes carried out 12 airstrikes on southern Lebanon and used heavy artillery to attack 22 towns and villages in the region.

Meanwhile, Hezbollah said its fighters attacked several Israeli sites in southeastern Lebanon, an Israeli infantry force near the Baranit barracks, and another in the village of al-Dhahira in southwestern Lebanon.

The Lebanon-Israel border witnessed increased tension for over five weeks after Lebanese armed group Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets toward Shebaa Farms on Oct 8 in support of the Hamas attacks on Israel the previous day, prompting the Israeli forces to respond by firing heavy artillery toward several areas in southeastern Lebanon.