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Hundreds of people, including several lawmakers, have held a protest rally in southern Lebanon after a vessel operated by a Greek company arrived at the Karish Gas Field in Lebanon’s territorial waters to extract gas for Israel.
According to Press TV, the protesters waved Lebanese and Palestinian flags in Lebanon’s border town of Naqoura to protest the occupying regime’s claim to the maritime area, where the Karish F ield is located.
“We absolutely refuse to neglect Lebanon’s maritime resources, which belong to all Lebanese,” said lawmaker Firas Hamdan, reading a joint statement by 13 independent parliamentarians.
The demonstration comes after the ship operated by London-listed Energean Plc arrived in the Karish Gas Field last week.
Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Najib Mikati have also condemned the Israeli regime for moving the vessel into the Karish Field.
Last Sunday, Mikati said Israel is provoking crisis in disputed waters in the Mediterranean by encroaching on Lebanese resources and maritime wealth.
“The Israeli enemy’s attempts to create a new crisis, by encroaching on Lebanon’s maritime wealth, and imposing a fait accompli in a disputed area in which Lebanon adheres to its rights, is extremely dangerous,” he warned.
On Monday, the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah’s Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem said the movement is “ready” to take action if the government confirms that Israel is violating the maritime rights of the country.
“When the Lebanese state says that the Israelis are attacking our waters and our oil, then we are ready to do our part in terms of pressure, deterrence and the use of appropriate means – including force,” Qassem said.
On Thursday, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary-General of Hezbollah, said the resistance would not remain “silent” in the face of the Israeli regime’s efforts to plunder Lebanon’s gas resources.
