Israel accused the Lebanese army on Tuesday of turning a blind eye to the rebuilding by Hezbollah of its military infrastructure, one day after an official in the Shi'ite militant group reportedly died in a blast at one of its arms caches in south Lebanon. The Israeli ambassador to the world body, Gabriela Shalev, made the accusation in a formal complaint she passed on to the UN secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, and to the president of the Security Council.
She said the explosion in the village of Tayr Filsi constituted a grave violation of the United Nations resolution that ended the Second Lebanon War between Israel and Hezbollah. Resolution 1701 called for the disarmament of Hezbollah and banned paramilitary forces south of the Litani River.
The IDF released a video on Tuesday that the army said proved Hezbollah stored weapons at the site.
| Things I've read elsewhere indicate Israel knows the locations of two hundred or so Hizb'allah weapons caches. May I suggest that spontaneous things happen with no apparent cause? |