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Israel: Lebanon turning blind eye to Hezbollah arms
By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent, and Haaretz Service
Tags: Israel News, Lebanon 

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.



The complaint to the UN states that Israel views the Lebanese government as responsible for every incident that occurs in its territory. Israel expects the Lebanese government to take meaningful steps to prevent the rearmament of Hezbollah in south Lebanon, the complaint says.

Shalev stressed that this was the second instance of an explosion at a Hezbollah weapons stockpile over the past three moths. She added that this again proved that the Shi'ite militant group is holding illegal weapons south of the Litani and is building a new military infrastructure in the area.

In July, there was an explosion at a Hezbollah weapons depot in South Lebanon, which the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon said was a serious violation of 1701.

The Israeli envoy noted that Hezbollah is stockpiling its weapons among civilian populations in villages. She demanded that UN peacekeepers open an urgent investigation into Monday's incident, and hand over its findings to both sides.

In the video, which was taken by an IDF drone, a group of Hezbollah militants is seen removing the weapons from the building and loading them onto a truck in the village, the army said.

The video shows two trucks driving off carrying the arms, according to the army, and then arriving at an arms stockpile in another village, Dir a-Nahar.

The Lebanese army and United Nations peacekeepers are later seen in the video arriving at the site of the explosion.

Hezbollah operatives are also shown covering up the vehicle, in order to conceal its load, the IDF said.

Earlier Tuesday, the Lebanese army backed Hezbollah's claim that one person was wounded and none killed in the explosion.

According to the Lebanese army, the explosion at the home of a senior group official was caused by a shell. The United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon is still investigating the source of the munitions.

But Lebanese sources said on Monday that five people were killed in the blast, including the Hezbollah official, Saeed Nasser, and his son.

The United Nations said at the time there were signs the stockpile belonged to Hezbollah, and added that the presence of these arms were a violation of Security Council resolution 1701.

UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams said after meeting Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri: "We are keeping a close eye on this because of its relevance to Resolution 1701."


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      1.   Proved that Hizbollah is stockpiling weapons? 20:40  |  Natallie Durson 13/10/09
      2.   Here`s the video (in case it did not appear). 20:51  |  Murray of Montreal 13/10/09
      3.   i blame UNIFIL more than Hez 21:03  |  vik 13/10/09
      4.   Someone has to defend Lebanon 21:13  |  Marc Leb 13/10/09
      5.   Israel has the right? 21:16  |  Yoshe 13/10/09
      6.   So what? 21:18  |  Michael Greenberg 13/10/09
      7.   Something is Fishy. Why is Israel recording this event? 21:21  |  Toronto 13/10/09
      8.   Seriously? 21:24  |  Jarakc 13/10/09
      9.   Hizbollah 21:24  |  jos 13/10/09
      10.   so what? 21:28  |  Birthe 13/10/09
      11.   what i see from video 21:30  |  look again 13/10/09
      12.   WHAT A COINCIDENCE 21:51  |  dave austin 13/10/09
      13.   Where is Goldstone? Weapons in a house is a war crime. 22:08  |  Scmaltzkopf 13/10/09
      14.   #5 Toronto. Good point. 22:09  |  Maureen Ann 13/10/09
      15.   Toronto#5 22:13  |  arik 13/10/09
      16.   #5 Toronto 22:13  |  Sheikh Hands 13/10/09
      17.   durson 22:19  |  Daniela 13/10/09
      18.   #1 natalie 22:25  |  Marc 13/10/09
      19.   If Residential areas are used to store 22:27  |  Gina 13/10/09
      20.   Hezbollah protects Lebanon 22:31  |  Jaap 13/10/09
      21.   To Durson 22:34  |  Another Jew 13/10/09
      22.   Double Standard 22:40  |  GS 13/10/09
      23.   Nattalie Durson 22:42  |  Jasper 13/10/09
      24.   At any given moment, 22:46  |  sean 13/10/09
      25.   glorious UNIFIL invited to tea by hezbo. 22:52  |  ZORRO 13/10/09
      26.   when israel respects 1701... 23:09  |  Petros 13/10/09
      27.   #6 Dave Austin; DUH 23:11  |  Murray of Montreal 13/10/09
      28.   Vik 23:11  |  Daniela 13/10/09
      29.   here is a fair deal! 23:12  |  ClearCut 13/10/09
      30.   Photograph made in violation of 23:12  |  Mark Lincoln 13/10/09
      31.   LEBANON IS LOST 23:25  |  Ricardo Ibrahim 13/10/09
      32.   The UN is keeping a close eye ?? You mean the one you sit on ? 23:26  |  Al 13/10/09
      33.   Murray of Montreal 23:26  |  Albert Linder 13/10/09
      34.   U N Resolution 1701 says also Israel stop flying over Lebanon 23:28  |  John 13/10/09
      35.   Dave Austin (#6) Hizboallah didn`t allow UN to enter 23:33  |  Gil 13/10/09
      36.   UN 23:35  |  bobo 13/10/09
      37.   Aren`t these the same quys who `exposed`Saddam`s WMDs 23:40  |  lydia 13/10/09
      38.   to 6- it was a few minutes after- the explosion is 23:52  |  Ram 13/10/09
      39.   Nothing new here 00:04  |  Baruch Gold 14/10/09
      40.   This gives Israel green light to attack 00:07  |  Chaim Ben Kahan 14/10/09
      41.   Marc Leb - glad to hear you support Hezbully 00:17  |  Rory 14/10/09
      42.   The only thing that teh video proves 00:37  |  Joe 14/10/09
      43.   Why Waste Your Breath Complaining to UN? 00:41  |  Jane 14/10/09
      44.   `Israel: Lebanon turning blind eye to Hezbollah arms ` 00:42  |  Colin Wright 14/10/09
      45.   Israel violates 1701 to film Hezbollah violating 1701!!?? 00:46  |  Damian Lataan 14/10/09
      46.   Something smells fishy? 00:48  |  Mark Lincoln 14/10/09
      47.   dave austin 00:50  |  Mark Lincoln 14/10/09
      48.   It`s already backfiring 01:00  |  Colin Wright 14/10/09
      49.   To Mark Leb; how true... 01:01  |  Silvienne 14/10/09
      50.   #1 01:28  |  Dan 14/10/09
      51.   Marc Leb - I agree, someone needs to defend Lebanon 01:32  |  Jon 14/10/09
      52.   I hope they are re-arming and upgrading their defenses. 02:07  |  Joseph Blough 14/10/09
      53.   Looks like a truck loading supplies 02:35  |  Pal 14/10/09
      54.   Violations of UNSCR1701 03:13  |  Cynic 14/10/09
      55.   #4 Defend them against who 03:28  |  Rab Burns 14/10/09
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      60.   that was a photoshop video at best 05:40  |  tea man 14/10/09
      61.   while the whole world turns blind eye to Israeli weapons...... 05:41  |  SRSabbah 14/10/09
      62.   Israel in violation of Lebanese airspace... 06:19  |  CJ 14/10/09
      63.   time to cash in the chips, Israel, and go "home" 06:33  |  Mark 14/10/09
      64.   Lebanon (and UNIFIL) blind eyes 06:39  |  DT 14/10/09
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