Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has claimed that Israel is siphoning off gas from one of Lebanon’s offshore reserves.
Berri threatened Wednesday to take matters into his own hands to stop Israel from stealing oil and gas, the Daily Star newspaper reported.
In his weekly meeting with MPs from various blocs, Berri was quoted as saying that Lebanon had been passive while Israel siphoned off its oil and gas.
Berri spoke of a deal between Greece, Cyprus and Israel involving Lebanon’s potential deposits.
“We should take serious steps to defend our oil resources and invest in them, or else I will not remain silent and idle,” the speaker told the lawmakers.