Lebanon
The Israeli defense minister conveyed the message to U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres in New York City.
The movement’s commander in Judea and Samaria wants to bring the organization into Iran’s orbit.
Terror leaders in Gaza and Lebanon are said to be taking “unprecedented” security measures.
The Israeli minister spoke with the U.S. secretary of state amid Washington’s efforts to serve as a normalization broker between Riyadh and Jerusalem.
Foggy Bottom’s announcement about the NGO came at a sensitive time, with the U.N. Security Council debating operation terms for the peacekeeping force meant to keep Hezbollah in check.
“What kind of environmental organization just happens to build dozens of military outposts all along, and mere yards from, a tense international border?” wrote Orde Kittrie, of FDD.
“We hope that Lebanon will become an oil state,” Energy Minister Walid Fayyad said.
In response, IDF soldiers fire warning shots into Southern Lebanon.
Two people were killed during a confrontation that erupted in the Christian town of Kahaleh, Lebanon, after residents surrounded the vehicle, demanding to know what was in it.
Funds are also going to refurbish 53 existing underground shelters.
An Israeli military investigation has concluded that two anti-tank missiles fired at Israeli territory from Lebanon in July were launched by a Palestinian group, not Hezbollah.
