Hezbollah media claim new point in border with Israel, citing 1923 map

A newfound map is being used by Hezbollah-affiliated media to provoke a new point of tension over the drawing of the land border between Lebanon and Israel.

According to Al-Akhbar, the Lebanese newspaper claims it obtained the map of a border registration agreement from 1923, which shows that part of the Israeli city Rosh Hanikra belongs to Lebanon.

If the claim is verified, it would increase the number of points of disagreement between Israel and Lebanon to 14.
Senior Israeli and Lebanese army officials met last week at a UN position on the border between the two countries. A press statement said that the parties discussed the “situation along the Blue Line, air and ground violations, and other issues within the scope of UNIFIL’s mandate.”

UNIFIL’s mandate is set to expire on August 31, at a time when tensions on the Israel-Lebanon border are high, with both sides alleging provocations.

This month, high-ranking figures from Israel’s foreign ministry and its armed forces have engaged in talks with United Nations officials and ambassadors of UN Security Council members.
The Lebanese, on the other hand, led a field tour for representatives of UNSC members, to showcase their border disputes along the Blue Line between Lebanon and Israel.

Source » i24news.tv