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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun condemned what he called the "dangerous failure" of guarantor countries to respond to repeated Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement, saying their silence encourages Tel Aviv to continue attacks against Lebanon.
In a written statement from the presidency, Aoun criticized Israel's strikes on southern Lebanon, stating that "Israel shows no respect for the mechanism's functioning (Ceasefire Monitoring Committee) or any state supporting the agreement signed in November 2024. The airstrikes constitute a clear violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701."
The Lebanese president argued that the monitoring mechanism "should serve all parties and not be a tool to cover up Israel's attacks."
Emphasizing that the time has come to immediately end Israel's blatant violations of Lebanese sovereignty, Aoun said, "The silence of guarantor countries is a dangerous failure that encourages these attacks."
The remarks came after Israeli warplanes conducted evening airstrikes on five separate towns in southern Lebanon. A day earlier, an Israeli drone strike in the eastern city of Baalbek killed two Lebanese civilians when it targeted a vehicle.
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati had also responded to Israeli military threats against southern Lebanese towns by calling on the guarantor nations of the Ceasefire Monitoring Committee - the United States and France - to "pressure Israel."
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