WASHINGTON – The United Nations Security Council on Friday evening issued a presidential statement demanding that Hizbullah
release kidnapped Israeli soldiers Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser
immediately and unconditionally.
The Council also expressed its deep concern over the fact that no sign of life had been received from the abducted troops.
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The Council also expressed its concern over the Israel Air Force flights on Lebanese territory and the disagreement over the legal status of the Shabaa Farms.
The presidential statement on the implementation of Security Council Resolution 1701 for the end of the Second Lebanon War,
was delivered following a report submitted by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the progress in the resolution's implementation.
In his report, which was submitted about a month ago, Ban called on Hibzullah to present evidence that the captives were still alive.
The publication of the statement was delayed for more than a month as Qatar, the representative of the Arab states in the Security Council, thwarted its approval for several weeks in a bid to change its wording and soften it.
Israel's representatives at the UN expressed their satisfaction over the statement, which they said "would serve as a good basis ahead of the Council discussions on the renewal of the UNIFIL mandate at the end of the month."
Nonetheless, Israeli sources in New York expressed their concern over the events in southern Lebanon and Hizbullah's continued efforts to return to its patterns of activity on the eve of the Second Lebanon War.
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