BEIRUT

Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati called on the UN Security Council on Thursday to take a “firm stance” against Israel following two waves of wireless communication devices across the country. 

At least 37 people were killed and nearly 3,000 others injured on Tuesday and Wednesday in explosions that targeted thousands of wireless communication devices across the country.

In a statement ahead of a UN Security Council session on Friday upon a Lebanese request, Mikati called for taking a “firm stance to stop the Israeli aggression on Lebanon, including its technological warfare, which has resulted in hundreds of martyrs and thousands of injuries."

He said the international community bears a responsibility “to deter Israel from its aggression.”

“This matter concerns all humanity,” he added.

The Lebanese government and Hezbollah group have accused Israel of being behind the device explosions, with Hezbollah vowing retaliation.

There has been no Israeli comment on the blasts, which came amid an escalation in cross-border warfare between Israel and Hezbollah since the start of Israel’s deadly war on the Gaza Strip, which has killed nearly 41,300 people, mostly women and children, following a cross-border attack by Hamas last Oct. 7.

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*Writing by Ahmed Asmar