Israeli drone strikes continue to target southern Lebanon over the weekend after the IDF issued a statement purporting that their 91st Division had successfully completed a ground mission in southern Lebanon. Israeli officials touted the “achievements” of the ground...
Just two weeks after Israeli troops fired on an injured a UNIFIL peacekeeper in southern Lebanon, yet another incident is being reported, with an Israeli tank firing multiple shells at a group of UNIFIL peacekeepers from Spain in the area around Khiam. Three shots...
Adding to the ever-growing number of incidents in which UNIFIL peacekeepers come under attack from Israeli troops in southern Lebanon, the group reported that on Friday they faced direct heavy gunfire in the village of Bastarra, leaving one peacekeeper wounded. The...
In yet another incident of UN peacekeepers in Lebanon finding themselves a target of the Israeli military, the UNIFIL reported yesterday that an Israeli Merkava tank fired on a UNIFIL patrol near the border village of Sarda. The patrol reported a burst of machine gun...
In comments on Israel’s Channel 12, the Maj. Gen. Diodato Abagnara, commander of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said that the group has seen “no evidence” that Hezbollah is in any way rebuilding its capacity south of the Litani River. That statement is...
The UN peacekeeper force in southern Lebanon, the UNIFIL, issued a statement today rejecting Israeli accusations that they are secretly aiding Hezbollah, saying the claims are unfounded and the organization maintains strict neutrality. The Israeli military was...
Adding to a growing number of such incidents, the UNIFIL peacekeepers in southern Lebanon reported on Sunday that the Israeli military attacked their personnel. This incident saw Israeli tanks fire on the UNIFIL near one of the military outposts the IDF has built in...
It has been nearly a full year since Israel’s invasion of Lebanon came to an end with a ceasefire agreement. That deal was meant to see an end to cross-border attacks and a withdrawal of Israeli ground troops, along with the beginning of a long effort to reconstruct...
Israeli drones have carried out another drone attack on UNIFIL peacekeepers in southern Lebanon this weekend, wounding one of the personnel when they dropped a grenade on their position near Kfar Kela. This was the second incident of Israel dropping a grenade on...
The UNIFIL peacekeepers have issued a statement over the weekend after a Friday incident in the southern Lebanese border town of Maroun el-Ras in which an Israeli drone dropped grenades near their position in the area. The drone strikes started around 11:30 am,...
