UNIFIL peacekeepers continue to struggle with active Israeli military operations in southern Lebanon, issuing a statement today expressing concern about Israel’s increasingly aggressive military posture. One of the peacekeepers’ outposts near Kfar Chouba came under direct fire from Israeli troops across the border.
The fire was the first direct fire by Israeli troops against an UNIFIL post since the ceasefire went into effect in November. The post was hit, but officials said the peacekeepers are all safe after the incident.
Israel repeatedly targeted UNIFIL sites during the war in 2024, often damaging or destroying property. Shortly before the ceasefire went into effect in late November, an Israeli drone attacked a bus carrying UNIFIL peacekeepers, injuring six of them.
There have been incidents of UNIFIL patrols being targeted by Israeli forces since the ceasefire went into effect. French UNIFIL personnel found Israeli spy devices near the border village of Rmieh, and Israeli troops shot at them to drive them away, though no peacekeepers were actually hit and injured in that incident.
Yesterday, an Irish UNIFIL patrol operating near Maroun al-Ras reported being targeted by laser sights by nearby Israeli troops. No shots were fired, but the UNIFIL said such targeting was “unwelcome.”
Most of the incidents involve Israeli troops inside Israel firing across the border at UNIFIL personnel inside Lebanon, though that may not be the only concern. The UNIFIL reported that Israeli troops continue to cross the border into Lebanon in violation of the ceasefire. Such an incident was reported Monday near Aita ash-Shaab.
The ceasefire was meant to see Israel withdraw entirely from Lebanon after the war, and while some troops did move out of Lebanese towns and villages, they also constructed five military outposts inside Lebanon, which they say they intend to keep for the foreseeable future.
Isn't an attack on a UN post an attack on all nations?
I believe the lyrics "Everybody hates us" in in their National Anthem. Or is it "the whole world hates us"? So, the answer may be "yes". They would call it "self defense", then.
Under the ceasefire agreement, Hezbollah was to withdraw its weapons arsenal from the blue line as agreed, and instead they are growing their arsenal, using UNIFIL as human shields. Israel warned them both to pull back.
Why does AntiWar always omit vital information from their articles that conflict with their anti-Israel narrative? Please do not dodge the question.
Oye vey!….!….!….. ….. …..
According to the terms of the ceasefire, the Israeli military is required to withdraw completely from southern Lebanon while Hezbollah must dismantle its military assets in the region and withdraw north of the Litani river.
Israel has largely completed its withdrawal, though it insisted on keeping its forces at five points inside Lebanon that it considers strategic and has repeatedly launched strikes inside the country.
The ceasefire is based on UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which requires that UN peacekeepers and the Lebanese army be the only armed bodies in southern Lebanon.
Please take your pro-Zionist hasbara and shove it up your tuchus.