Lebanon called on Sunday the United Nations Security Council to condemn Israel and issuing the relevant resolutions after it admitted to the sinking of a refugee ship off the Lebanese coast in 1982 during the country’s 1975-90 civil war. The submarine attack, off the coast of the northern city of Tripoli, left 25 out of 56 people on board dead. Israel had invaded Lebanon in 1982 and imposed a naval blockade. Israel’s Channel 10 said on Thursday that the submarine torpedoed the ship after it believed it was transporting Palestinian fighters. The ship was in fact transporting refugees to safety in Cyprus. Israel only carried out an investigation into the incident ten years after it happened and it kept the findings a secret up until recently. The probe acknowledged that the submarine had fired at the ship believing Palestinians were on board. The investigation found that while the captain had made a mistake, he had been acting within his operational orders. It noted that he had not fired on several other ships believed to be carrying Palestinian fighters due to suspicions there were innocent civilians on board. “It was not a war crime and there was no misconduct, there is no place for legal action,” the report found, according to Channel 10. The Lebanese foreign ministry slammed Israel for its admission, adding that Tel Aviv has a long history in killing civilians and attacking civilian infrastructure. Moreover, it rejected the findings of the investigation, demanding that the UN deem the attack a war crime and that those responsible be held accountable.