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<h1 class="reader-title">Israel Drone Attack a Declaration of
War: Lebanon's President</h1>
August 26, 2019</div>
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<p>Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun said Monday that the
Israeli attacks on the country are a “declaration of
war,” as tensions rise between Hezbollah and Israel. </p>
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<p>“What happened was similar to a declaration of war
which allows us to resort to our right to defending our
sovereignty,” the Lebanese president’s office quoted
Aoun, who also said that Lebanese “are a people seeking
peace, not war, and we don’t accept anyone threatening
us in any war.”</p>
<p>This comes as a small unmanned reconnaissance drone <a
href="https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Two-Israeli-Drones-Crash-in-Lebanon-Hezbollah-Rejects-Aggression-20190825-0008.html?fbclid=IwAR3bwYtmz5VH3Zf3Mlro3UllJScao2dQBfSL2zGHwnqC-mmOWXIp_60GMjg"
target="_blank">crashed</a> on Hezbollah's media
center in the Dahiyeh suburbs of Beirut on Sunday. About
45 minutes later a second drone, which was likely sent
by Israel to search for the first one, exploded in the
air and fell nearby.</p>
<p>The leader of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement, Hassan
Nasrallah, and a political supporter of Aoun, said
Sunday that the two Israeli drones were on a "suicide
mission," warning that the movement will prevent Israel
from sending more drones to Lebanon.</p>
<p>Nasrallah said that Hezbollah would do anything to
prevent such incidents from occurring again. </p>
<p>Also early Monday, the Israeli air force carried out
three <a
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target="_blank">strikes </a>against a base of the
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in
the Lebanese town of Qusaya, near the Syrian border.</p>
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<p>"From now on, we will down any Israeli drones in
Lebanon's skies," as it is a first clear dangerous
breach of rules of engagement since the two sides fought
a month-long war in 2006, during which Hezbollah
inflicted a historic defeat on Israeli forces after Tel
Aviv launched a missile campaign against southern
Lebanon in an attempt to claim more territory. </p>
<p>The fighting lasted 33 days and claimed the lives of
more than 1,000 Lebanese civilians. About 1,000,000
people were displaced.</p>
<p>As tensions rise, in what is likely a campaign strategy
by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to up the
warmongering and nationalistic rhetoric prior to Sept.
17 elections, Lebanon’s Aoun discussed the “Israeli
assault” with the United Nations Special Coordinator for
Lebanon, Jan Kubis, on Monday.</p>
<p>The Lebanese head of state told Kubis the attacks in
the Dahyeh suburbs and in the Bekaa violated U.N.
Security Council Resolution 1701 that ended the July
2006 war. Aoun and Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri called
for Lebanon’s Higher Defence Council to meet on Tuesday.</p>
<p>“Any escalation could develop into a regional cycle of
violence that nobody can predict the extent of,” Hariri
told ambassadors from the U.N. Security Council’s five
permanent members.</p>
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