Iran Press/ Middle East: Gebran Bassil slammed latest remarks by Israeli officials on Hezbollah missile sites near Beirut’s International Airport, stressing that such remarks are “war rhetoric”.
He invited all foreign ambassadors in Lebanon to a meeting Monday afternoon at its premises to declare the Ministry’s response to the Israeli allegations, According to Daily star.
These “claims are dangerous and must not be disregarded or addressed lightly, they amount to war rhetoric.added,Bassil.
Earlier on Thursday, during his address before the UN General Assembly, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that Hezbollah has positioned three missile sites near Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport.
Israeli occupation army spokesman Avichai Adrai meanwhile published pictures of the alleged sites on Twitter.
He said the sites include the football stadium of the Hezbollah-affiliated al-Ahed club, and that another sites are near the airport and the Ouzai fishermen’s harbor.
The Lebanese Foreign Ministry has invited all foreign ambassadors in Lebanon to a meeting Monday afternoon at its premises.
The National News Agency said the meeting at 3:00 pm dedicated to “listening to the Ministry's response to the allegations of (Israeli Prime Minister) Benjamin Netanyahu regarding the missile sites.”