Egypt urgently appealed to the UN Security Council on Sunday to halt Israel’s expanding military escalation and ground incursions into southern Lebanon.
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the continuous Israeli aggression, warning that the offensive risks plunging the region into chaotic instability.
This diplomatic intervention followed an announcement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israeli forces had captured the strategic Beaufort Castle.
Cairo characterized the deep Israeli ground operation as a complete violation of Lebanese sovereignty and a premeditated act of territorial aggression.
Reiterating its categorical rejection of any territorial infringement, Egypt expressed firm support for Lebanon’s state institutions and national unity.
The ministry demanded an immediate and total Israeli withdrawal from all Lebanese lands to prevent a catastrophic deterioration of regional security.
International actors were urged to intervene decisively, even as intensive diplomatic efforts continue behind the scenes to lower soaring regional tensions.
Meanwhile, France indicated it would seek an emergency UN Security Council meeting in direct response to the escalating Israeli maneuvers.
The capture of Beaufort Castle marks Israel’s deepest military incursion into sovereign Lebanese territory in more than two decades.
Israeli forces had previously withdrawn from this prominent stronghold in 2000, ending an eighteen-year occupation of the southern security zone.