Beirut to file UN complaint over Israeli wall crossing Blue Line

Lebanon says it will take Israel’s new border wall to the UN Security Council, after Beirut accused Israeli forces of pushing a concrete barrier into Lebanese land and slicing across the UN-mandated “Blue Line”.

Lebanon’s National News Agency reported that President Joseph Aoun instructed officials to file the complaint, citing recent UN findings that the Israeli structure has sealed off roughly 4,000 square metres (about 43,000 square feet) of Lebanese territory, cutting residents off from their own land.