[A]fter a Hizbullah arms cache hidden inside a southern Lebanese town accidentally exploded, Israel accused Lebanon of violating United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701.
The blast occurred inside the village of Hirbet Selm, 20 kilometers north of the Israeli-Lebanese border, south of the Litani River and within the area which falls under the mandate of the UNIFIL multi-national force.
According to Israeli defense officials, the cache was [recently] hidden in a storehouse inside the village and contained dozens of 122-millimeter Katyusha rockets as well as high-powered machine guns. Some of the rockets reportedly flew into the sky.
"This is a major violation of resolution 1701," one official said. "The weaponry was stored inside a village and is proof of our longstanding claim that Hizbullah uses civilian infrastructure to hide its weaponry."
According to Israeli defense officials, the cache was [recently] hidden in a storehouse inside the village and contained dozens of 122-millimeter Katyusha rockets as well as high-powered machine guns. Some of the rockets reportedly flew into the sky.
"This is a major violation of resolution 1701," one official said. "The weaponry was stored inside a village and is proof of our longstanding claim that Hizbullah uses civilian infrastructure to hide its weaponry."
[Jerusalem Post]
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