BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 14 (UPI) -- The Lebanese Foreign Ministry said Monday it filed a complaint at the United Nations for what it says was an Israeli violation of its territory.
The Foreign Ministry said an Israeli warship briefly entered Lebanese territorial waters in early February. Once it reached Palestinian regional waters, the warship fired toward Lebanon, the complaint claims.
The act was a "blatant violation of Lebanon's sovereignty, Security Council Resolution 1701, and the U.N. Charter and a threat to international peace," Lebanon's news portal Naharnet reports the complaint as stating.
Resolution 1701 secured a cease-fire to a 2006 war between Hezbollah and Israel. The measure calls on Hezbollah to disarm while reminding Israel of its obligation to respect Lebanon's sovereignty.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his report to the Security Council last week said both sides needed to do more to uphold international obligations.
Israel was accused of entering Lebanese territory illegally after an Aug. 3 gun battle that left four people, including an Israeli lieutenant colonel, dead. U.N. peacekeepers said Israel acted under the rule of law in the incident.
