UNIFIL soldiers patrol near the border village of Kfar Kila in southern Lebanon, Nov. 12, 2025. (Credit: Rabih Daher/AFP)
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Saturday instructed Foreign Minister Joe Rajji to have Lebanon’s permanent mission to the United Nations file an urgent complaint with the UN Security Council against Israel for constructing a concrete wall along Lebanon’s southern border that crosses the Blue Line established after Israel’s withdrawal in 2000.
“The president requested that the complaint be accompanied by UN reports that refute Israel’s denial regarding the wall’s construction and confirm that the concrete barrier erected by the Israeli army has blocked local residents from accessing over 4,000 square meters of Lebanese land,” the Lebanese presidency said on its X page. “International reports also confirm that the UN Interim Force in Lebanon [UNIFIL] has informed Israel of the need to dismantle the wall, especially since Israel’s ongoing presence on Lebanese territory and the construction work there constitute a violation of Security Council Resolution 1701 and of Lebanon’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” the statement added.
On Friday, UNIFIL accused the Israeli army of building “walls” on Lebanese territory, which Israel denies, while acknowledging the erection of a reinforced barrier along the border.
“In October, a UNIFIL geospatial study confirmed that the wall erected by the Israeli army crossed the Blue Line southwest of Yaroun, making more than 4,000 square meters of Lebanese territory inaccessible,” the international force said, adding that it had requested the Israeli army to move the walls. “In November, new walls were observed, including a section southeast of Yaroun also crossing the Blue Line,” the report noted, mentioning that “a new wall built between Aitaroun and Maroun al-Ras is located south of the Blue Line.”
Construction on this latest concrete wall began last Monday, according to our correspondent in southern Lebanon. It is located “about 1 km from the border, south of the Blue Line, between Avivim [northern Israel] and the Lebanese-occupied site of Jal al-Deir, opposite Maroun al-Ras and Aitaroun [Bint Jbeil district].”
Gunfire in Kfar Shuba
Few incidents have been reported over the past 48 hours in southern Lebanon, our correspondent said, as bad weather has been affecting the country since Thursday. Some Israeli media outlets had raised fears this week of a possible new Israeli war in Lebanon.
On Saturday late morning, the Israeli army swept the outskirts of Kfar Shuba (Hasbaya district) with machine-gun fire from the Israeli site of Roueisat al-Alam. The shots damaged cars, homes, and solar panels. A similar incident occurred in the mid-afternoon, though no further details on the damage are available.
Earlier in the day, a resident of Deir Siryan (Marjayoun district) briefly blocked the road near the municipal building to protest the lack of compensation for damage to his home caused by recent Israeli strikes in the area. The government reviewed the reconstruction file on Thursday but did not make a decision. Hezbollah, for its part, insists that the Lebanese authorities fund the repairs, while the international community conditions any aid on the disarmament of the party.
Following the road blockage, an Israeli drone that had crashed was also found on Saturday morning in the town of Kfar Kila (Marjayoun). It was recovered by the army for inspection, according to our correspondent.
Abandon of citizens
Several Hezbollah officials spoke out again on Saturday to condemn Israeli attacks that have caused multiple deaths in recent days. Speaking from Aitit (Sour) during a ceremony in memory of a strike victim, MP Hussein Jachi denounced “the abandonment of citizens, left to their fate in the face of daily Israeli attacks, without any concrete measures to deter the enemy.”
Hezbollah MP from Baalbek and former minister Hussein Hajj Hassan, speaking at another ceremony in Beirut honoring victims, stated: “What is being demanded of Lebanon is exactly what is demanded of Syria: the establishment of a demilitarized buffer zone, the continuation of the occupation, and the withdrawal of all armed elements, not only the ‘Resistance,’ but also the Lebanese state.”
Dar al-Fatwa, the highest Sunni authority in Lebanon, again expressed deep concern on Saturday over the intensification of Israeli attacks, denouncing “the expansion of targeted civilian areas” and the high number of casualties. The religious authority called on official forces to “redouble political and diplomatic efforts” to pressure Israel and compel it to “withdraw from occupied Lebanese territories.”
Power outage in Nabatieh
Meanwhile, around thirty localities in Nabatieh were left without electricity due to severe weather on the night of Friday to Saturday. Lightning struck the Kfar Roummane roundabout power station, causing a complete shutdown of transformers 1 and 2, according to our correspondent, based on information from Mrad Utilities Services, which manages the network on behalf of Electricité du Liban (EDL) in the region.
This outage also affects Line 24, which supplies artesian wells and local hospitals, raising concerns about water shortages. Maintenance teams dispatched to the site are assessing the damage, with repairs expected to begin Monday morning.
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