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World Jewish News
UN: Hezbollah violated Lebanon war ceasefire
24.07.2009
The United Nations said Hezbollah violated the ceasefire ending the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war in Lebanon.
A Hezbollah arms depot that exploded in southern Lebanon on July 14 was a "serious violation" of UN Resolution 1701, U.N. head of peacekeeping operations Alain Le Roy told the U.N. Security Council on Thursday, according to news reports.
"A number of indications suggest that the depot belonged to Hezbollah, and, in contrast to previous discoveries by UNIFIL and the Lebanese Armed Forces of weapons and ammunition, that it was not abandoned but, rather, actively maintained," Le Roy said. UNIFIL, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, is tasked with monitoring the ceasefire and assuring compliance with Resolution 1701, which requires that no Hezbollah militants and arms be present in southern Lebanon.
Le Roy also told the Security Council that Hezbollah personnel were seen at the site the day after the explosion and appeared to be "removing evidence."
He denied that the weapons had been smuggled into the area after the war concluded, stating the the type and age of the ammunition appeared to indicate it had been collected in that location over a period of time.
Источник: JTA
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