Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, appealed to the UN Secretary-General and Security Council members to condemn Hezbollah for setting up ground-to-ground missiles in the vicinity of Beirut International Airport.
"Any country whose citizens land at the airport in Beirut should be anxious about Hezbollah activity in the region, and ignoring it clearly endangers them... In addition, the world must condemn the blatant violation of international aviation laws."
The ambassador further stated that "Hezbollah deliberately placed the missile conversion sites in dense civilian population centers in Beirut, using them as human shields for its malicious military activity, which is clearly an explosive development that contradicts Security Council resolutions and international norms."
"Based on the growing evidence against Hezbollah for its abuse of the civilian population and civilian infrastructure to store and manufacture weaponry, the Security Council should implement its resolutions: condemn Hezbollah, the terrorist organization, vigorously and demand its demilitarization. Every minute of inaction breathes life into Hezbollah’s deadly terrorist ambitions."
"Israel reserves the right to protect its citizens from the growing threat of Hezbollah and will not tolerate Hezbollah’s use of Lebanon as a launching pad for attacks that threaten the lives of innocent Israelis," the ambassador stressed.