The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates stated, in a letter, that, “Based on Cabinet Resolution No. 14 dated 4/9/2026, it requested the Lebanese representative to the United Nations to submit an urgent complaint to the Security Council and the Secretary-General, against the backdrop of the Israeli air strikes on April 8, 2026, which targeted a number of Lebanese regions, especially the capital, Beirut. The Ministry also requested that the complaint be circulated as an official document for the General Assembly and the Security Council.” The letter indicated, "This escalation is the most violent since last March 2, and that the number of raids reached about 100 raids in less than ten minutes." It affected crowded residential neighborhoods during peak hours and without prior warning, leading to widespread destruction and hundreds of casualties, the majority of whom were unarmed civilians. The number of dead reached 303, including 30 children and 71 women, while the number of wounded reached 1,150, including 143 children and 358 women. The message also touched on the attacks that medical and emergency institutions have been subjected to since March 2, 2026, including 17 attacks on hospitals and 101 attacks on emergency services, which led to the killing of 73 paramedics and the injury of 176 others. The letter stressed that “these attacks constitute a flagrant violation of the principles of international law, the Charter of the United Nations, and international humanitarian law, in particular the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 regarding the protection of civilian persons in time of war, and the First Additional Protocol of 1977, which enshrines the principle of distinction, as well as Security Council Resolutions No. 2175 (2014) and No. 2286 (2016) regarding the protection of aid workers.” "Humanity."