Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni met on Wednesday night with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and protested that arms smuggling from Syria to Hezbollah in Lebanon was still ongoing, Yedioth Aharonot, an Israeli newspaper, reported.

She said that this constituted a blatant violation of UN Security Council Resolutions and added that Syria, which wanted to receive legitimization from the world, must be given a clear message by the council, holding it responsible for the smuggling that endangered the region, according to the paper.

The UN chief, who expressed his concern over the humanitarian situation in Gaza during his meeting with President Shimon Peres, reiterated his concerns in this meeting with the foreign minister. Livni, however, said the Palestinian side was fully responsible for the situation, the paper stated.

-NOW Staff