PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia has urged the United Nations Security Council to take necessary measures to ensure the safety and security of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) peacekeepers Israel's attack on its headquarters in Naqoura, Lebanon, yesterday.
The Foreign Ministry in a statement today said Malaysia strongly condemned the attack which resulted in the injury of two Unifil peacekeepers.
The Malaysian Battalion (Malbatt) 850-11, stationed in Tibnin and Marakah, are reported to be safe.
Malaysia also condemned airstrikes by the Israeli regime the same day on the densely populated residential area in Ras el-Nabaa and al-Nuweiri in central Beirut, which killed 22 people and injured dozens of others.
It said these continuing indiscriminate attacks targeting UN personnel and innocent civilian populations were a grave violation of international law.
The attack against Unifil is an attack against the security council as well as the sanctity of the UN Charter, it added.
"Malaysia urges the international community to take bold action to end Israel's impunity and compel it to adhere to international law and comply with Security Council resolutions, including Resolution 1701 (2006)," the statement read.
Resolution 1701 was intended to resolve the 2006 Lebanon War, calling for a full cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hizbollah and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon.