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Israel Demands UN Action Against Hizbullah's Military Buildup in Southern Lebanon
(Jerusalem Post) Tobias Siegal - Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan wrote on Tuesday to the Security Council demanding immediate action against Hizbullah's military buildup and continued activity in southern Lebanon. UN Resolution 1701, which came into effect during the 2006 Second Lebanon War, called for "the disarmament of all armed groups in Lebanon" other than the Lebanese army. Erdan wrote that not only was Hizbullah never disarmed, but that it "uses human shields to protect its arsenal of more than 130,000 rockets and military infrastructure. It systematically deprives UNIFIL of its ability to discharge its mandate by restricting the organization's freedom of movement in an effort to hide its activity." Erdan included a map that shows Hizbullah terrorist tunnels, observation posts, and sites from which attacks against Israel originated.