Israel built the wall.

Lebanon’s President on Saturday asked the country’s Foreign Minister to work on filing a complaint against Israel for building a wall in Lebanese territory. A statement issued by the office of President Joseph Aoun said that he had requested the Foreign Minister to also include in the complaint the statement issued by UNIFIL, the United Nations peacekeeping force deployed on the border with Israel.

On Friday, UNIFIL said in a statement that Israeli forces had erected a wall southwest of the Lebanese village of Yaroun. UNIFIL said the wall crossed the border line, making more than 4,000 square meters (43,000 sq ft) of territory inaccessible to Lebanese people.

appeal to remove the wall

UNIFIL said it had informed the Israeli military of its investigation and requested them to remove the wall. It said construction of the wall violates a UN Security Council resolution that ended the 14-month-long Israel-Hezbollah war with a US-brokered ceasefire in November last year.

Violation of Lebanon’s sovereignty

UNIFIL further said that this wall violates the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Lebanon. The Israeli military said the wall, construction of which begins in 2022, is part of a broader plan to reinforce the border.

It said the Israeli military has been carrying out a number of measures, including strengthening the physical barrier on the northern border, since the start of the war. The Israeli military said it should be emphasized that the wall does not cross the Blue Line, the UN-defined border between Lebanon and Israel, which is monitored and patrolled by UNIFIL.

air strike in lebanon

The Israel-Hezbollah war began when rockets began being fired across the border on October 8, 2023, a day after a deadly Hamas-led offensive into southern Israel sparked fighting in Gaza. Israel responded with shelling and airstrikes into Lebanon, and the two sides engaged in an escalating conflict, which escalated into full-scale war in late September 2024.