Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib arrives to attend an extraordinary Arab foreign ministers meeting at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Oct 11, 2023, to discuss the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. (PHOTO / AP)

BEIRUT - Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib said on Wednesday that he has instructed the country's mission to the United Nations to submit a complaint to the UN Security Council (UNSC) in response to Israeli attacks on Lebanese army.

In a statement that quoted Bou Habib's remarks, the Foreign Ministry accused Israel of violating Lebanon's sovereignty by attacking it on land, sea, and air, and failing to implement international resolutions.

The recent clashes between Hezbollah and Israel have killed at least 90 Hezbollah fighters. But it is the first time to record casualties among the Lebanese army

The statement was issued a day after Israel attacked an army center in southeastern Lebanon on Tuesday, killing a soldier and wounding three others.

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Tension escalated at the Lebanon-Israel border on Oct 8, when the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets toward Shebaa Farms in support of the Hamas attacks on Israel the previous day, prompting the Israeli forces to respond by firing heavy artillery toward southeastern Lebanon.

The recent clashes between Hezbollah and Israel have killed at least 90 Hezbollah fighters. But it is the first time to record casualties among the Lebanese army.

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

On Nov 14, Lebanon filed another complaint to the UNSC against Israel for launching attacks on journalists, after two Israeli strikes targeted a team of journalists in the southern Lebanese village of Yaroun the previous day.  

Hezbollah fighter killed, 4 civilians wounded 

A Hezbollah fighter was killed, and four civilians were wounded on Wednesday due to Israeli artillery and missile shelling targeting areas in southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese military sources.

The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Xinhua that the Israeli bombing and air strikes targeted 17 towns and villages in southwest Lebanon, and 11 in the southeast of the country, destroying five houses and damaging 15 others

The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Xinhua that the Israeli bombing and air strikes targeted 17 towns and villages in southwest Lebanon, and 11 in the southeast of the country, destroying five houses and damaging 15 others.

Meanwhile, Hezbollah said its fighters on Wednesday carried out 11 attacks on 11 Israeli sites and gatherings.

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The Lebanon-Israel border has witnessed increased tension since Oct 8, after Lebanese armed group Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets toward Shebaa Farms 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.

The confrontations between Hezbollah and Israel killed 132 on the Lebanese side, including 91 Hezbollah members, a Lebanese army soldier, one member of the Amal Movement, 14 members of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and 25 civilians, including three journalists, according to security sources.