RIYADH: The Muslim World League (MWL) said Sunday that member countries stand by Egypt in protecting its borders and preserving its security.
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on Saturday said his country has a legitimate right to intervene in neighboring Libya and ordered his army to be ready to carry out any mission outside the country, if necessary.
“Any direct intervention from the Egyptian state has now acquired international legitimacy,” El-Sisi said after inspecting military units at an air base near the border with Libya.
He said Egypt had the right to defend itself after receiving “direct threats” from “terrorist militias and mercenaries” supported by foreign countries.
The secretary-general of the MWL Dr. Mohammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa also called on the international community to take steps to implement the Cairo declaration regarding Libya.
The Cairo declaration is an initiative for Libya proposing an elected leadership council and a cease-fire. It was announced by El-Sisi on June 6.
The MWL said the declaration aims to find a political solution to the crisis in the country, protect its sovereignty and put and end to illegal foreign interventions.
MWL stands with Egypt to protect its borders, preserve security
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MWL stands with Egypt to protect its borders, preserve security
- El-Sisi on Saturday said his country has a legitimate right to intervene in neighboring Libya
- He ordered his army to be ready to carry out any mission outside the country, if necessary
UN peacekeepers say Israeli forces fired on them in southern Lebanon
- “Yesterday, peacekeepers in vehicles patrolling the Blue Line were fired upon by IDF soldiers in a Merkava tank,” UNIFIL said
- It said that both the peacekeepers and the Israeli tank were in Lebanese territory
BEIRUT: The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon said Wednesday that Israeli forces fired on its peacekeepers a day earlier in the country’s south, urging Israel’s army to “cease aggressive behavior.”
It is the latest such incident reported by the peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, where UNIFIL acts as a buffer between Israel and Lebanon and has been working with Lebanon’s army to support a year-old truce between Israel and militant group Hezbollah.
“Yesterday, peacekeepers in vehicles patrolling the Blue Line were fired upon by IDF (Israeli army) soldiers in a Merkava tank,” a UNIFIL statement said, referring to the de facto border.
“One ten-round burst of machine-gun fire was fired above the convoy, and four further ten-round bursts were fired nearby,” the statement said.
It said that both the peacekeepers and the Israeli tank were in Lebanese territory at the time of the incident and that the Israeli military had been informed of the location and timing of the peacekeeping patrol in advance.
“Peacekeepers asked the IDF to stop firing through UNIFIL’s liaison channels... Fortunately, no one was injured,” it said.
Last month UNIFIL said Israeli soldiers shot at its troops in the south, while Israel’s military said it mistook blue helmets for “suspects” and fired warning shots.
In October, UNIFIL said one of its members was wounded by an Israeli grenade dropped near a UN position in the country’s south, the third incident of its kind in just over a month.
“Attacks on or near peacekeepers are serious violations of (UN) Security Council Resolution 1701,” UNIFIL said on Wednesday, referring to the 2006 resolution that formed the basis of the November 2024 truce.
“We call on the IDF to cease aggressive behavior and attacks on or near peacekeepers working to rebuild stability along the Blue Line,” the peacekeepers said.
Israel carries out regular attacks on Lebanon despite the truce, usually saying it is targeting sites and operatives belonging to Hezbollah, which it accuses of rearming.
It has also kept troops in five south Lebanon areas it deems strategic.
On Saturday, a UN Security Council delegation visiting Lebanon urged all parties to uphold the ceasefire.
It emphasized that the “safety of peacekeepers must be respected and that they must never be targeted,” after gunmen on mopeds attacked UNIFIL personnel last week.
