BEIRUT, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese caretaker Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil said Monday that Israel will not be allowed to use the United Nations General Assembly as a platform to threaten Lebanon, Al Jadeed local TV Channel reported.
"Lebanon is strong enough to prevent any assault by Israel on its territories. We are not afraid and when Israel threatens us we know how weak it is," said Bassil at a press conference held during a meeting with ambassadors to Lebanon.
The minister made the remarks in response to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's claims that Hezbollah was keeping missiles in three different sites near Lebanon's Rafic Hariri International Airport.
The Saudi, Kuwait, British and Russian ambassadors were among the diplomats present during the meeting.
Bassil also led a tour for ambassadors and journalists to two of the locations claimed by Israel to contain missiles for Hezbollah.
"We will discover together today that Netanyahu is not right about his allegations and Israel is coming up with excuses to justify its plan to wage a new war against Lebanon," he said.
Bassil said that Israel does not respect international resolutions. "Israel has violated Lebanon's airspace, land and sea over 1,500 times in the past eight months," said Bassil.
In a speech last week at the United Nations General Assembly, Netanyahu said Hezbollah had placed three precision missile sites near the Beirut airport: one in the Ouzai neighborhood "a few blocks away from the runway," a second under the Ahed stadium, and the third "adjacent to the airport itself, right next to it."
