Jumblat says 1701 proper implementation can stop 'further escalation'
Former Progressive Socialist Party leader ex-MP Walid Jumblat on Thursday said that the proper implementation of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701 (2006) would prevent “further escalation” between Israel and Hezbollah.
”Nuclear powers realized during the Cold War that Mutual Assisted (Assured) Destruction MAD was inevitable so they agreed on arm treaties to limit arms race,” Jumblat said in an English-language post on the X platform, formerly Twitter.
“The 1701 resolution if properly applied on both sides of the borders should stop further escalation and prevent MAD,” Jumblat added.
His remarks come hours after the bloodiest round of cross-border escalation since the eruption of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah on October 8.
At least 10 civilians were killed and several others were wounded in Israeli airstrikes Wednesday across south Lebanon. The airstrikes followed the death of an Israeli soldier and the wounding of seven others in a rocket attack on the Israeli army’s northern headquarters in Safad, some 12 kilometers away from the Lebanese border.
Hezbollah has not claimed responsibility for the attack but some of its officials have vowed a response to the killing of civilians.
Source: Naharnet
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