Jun 23, 2017

The United Nations on Friday rejected Israeli claims that Lebanese Hezbollah militants were establishing observation posts along the border under the cover of an environmental NGO.

The Israeli military on Thursday published pictures of a building near the Israeli-Lebanese border supposedly controlled by an organisation called Green Without Borders.

The UN peacekeeping mission UNIFIL reported that Green Without Borders members have planted trees in the area, but it "has not observed any unauthorized armed persons at the locations or found any basis to report a violation of resolution 1701," said UN spokeswoman Eri Kaneko.

Israel's ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, had sent a let

ter of protest to the Security Council with images of the alleged observation posts and maps locating them.