Lebanon on Sunday filed a new complaint to the UN Security Council regarding Israel's attacks on its territory.

A statement by the Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants stated that "a new complaint was submitted to the Security Council regarding Israel's attacks on Lebanon during the period from October 15 to 24, 2024."

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs filed the complaint through Lebanon's permanent mission to the United Nations in New York, according to the official Lebanese News Agency.

In the statement, Lebanon condemned "Israel's continued aggression and military ground incursion into its territory, its commission of more massacres against civilians, its deliberate and widespread destruction of civilian property, and the bombing of border villages and entire neighborhoods in the south, as it did in the towns of Mays al-Jabal and Mahbib, under the pretext of targeting weapons depots or military headquarters."

Lebanon also condemned Israel's continued targeting of the Lebanese army, ambulance crews, journalists, and UNIFIL forces (the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon), and its launching of raids near the Rafik Hariri and Bahman government hospitals in the southern suburbs of Beirut, according to the agency.

On Friday, UNIFIL announced that Israeli soldiers had opened fire on one of its positions in the border town of Dahra in the Tyre district in southern Lebanon. Last Sunday, it announced that an Israeli army bulldozer had “deliberately demolished” a watchtower and a fence surrounding its position in the town of Marouhin in the Tyre district.

Lebanon also condemned Israel's targeting of the Nabatieh Municipality building (in the south), where 6 of its members and employees were killed, including the mayor, in addition to Israel's killing of the mayors of Hanawiyah and Sahmar in two airstrikes, and its targeting of the ancient city of Tyre (in the south), which is listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Lebanon explained in the complaint it submitted to the UN Security Council that "Israel always ignores international legitimacy and does not respect the decisions issued by the United Nations bodies, and it does not abide by international law or international humanitarian law, escaping accountability and questioning by the international community."

Lebanon called on the Security Council to "condemn the Israeli invasion of its territories and the violation of its sovereignty, and the widespread and continuous attacks on its security and the safety of its people."

He reiterated his call on the Council to compel Israel to fully implement Resolution 1701, starting with an immediate cessation of hostilities and an immediate and unconditional withdrawal from Lebanese territory, according to the statement.

On August 11, 2006, the Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1701, calling for a complete cessation of hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, after a 33-day war between the two sides.

It also calls for the creation of an area between the Blue Line (the border between Lebanon and Israel) and the Litani River in southern Lebanon that is free of any armed men, military equipment and weapons, except those belonging to the Lebanese Army and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).

In mid-October, the Lebanese UN mission filed three complaints against Israel with the UN Security Council and the United Nations, regarding its repeated attacks on UNIFIL forces, and the repercussions of the Israeli aggression on the education sector.

After clashes with factions in Lebanon, including Hezbollah, which began after Israel launched a war of genocide on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, Tel Aviv expanded the scope of the genocide since September 23 to include most areas of Lebanon, including the capital Beirut, through air strikes, and also began a ground invasion in the south.