Lebanon files complaint against Israel with UN

Lebanon’s permanent mission to the UN has filed a complaint against Israel with the UN Security Council over the abduction of a Lebanese citizen.

Lebanese national Rabih Mohammad Zahra, a 17-year-old shepherd, has been abducted by Israeli forces near the Bistra farm in Kfar Shouba region, NNA (National News Agency) reported Sunday.

Lebanon described the act as a “blatant violation of Resolution 1701, an attack on Lebanon’s sovereignty as well as a breach of the citizen’s human rights,” the Ya Libnan newspaper reported.

The Lebanese army had announced Sunday that Israeli soldiers abducted a Lebanese national.

“An Israeli patrol abducted at 13:45 (11:45 GMT) the Lebanese citizen Rabih Mohammad Zahra in the vicinity of Boustra Farm near Kfar Shouba,” said the army in a statement.

It added that “the Lebanese army and the UN peacekeepers (UNIFIL) are holding talks to release the citizen immediately.”