The force said in a statement: “Yesterday (Thursday), two Israeli army excavators and a bulldozer destroyed part of a fence and a concrete structure at a UNIFIL site in Ras Naqoura“.
She considered that “the incident was like seven other similar incidents” carried out by him Israeli army “It is not about peacekeepers being caught in the crossfire, but rather about deliberate and direct actions on the part of the Israeli army.”
The force explained that “the Israeli army denied carrying out any activity within its site.”
On the other hand, the statement pointed to “the destruction and removal of two of the blue barrels that represent the withdrawal line that I drew.” United Nations Between Lebanon and Israel (the Blue Line) this week,” he explained, explaining that “peacekeepers watched the Israeli army directly remove one of the barrels.”
The United Nations Interim Force (UNIFIL), which includes about ten thousand soldiers, has been deployed in southern Lebanon since 1978. It is particularly charged with ensuring respect for the Blue Line, which has been a border between Lebanon and Israel since 2000, based on the demarcation of the United Nations.
A spokesman said UNIFIL Last month, the force recorded more than 30 incidents in October that resulted in property damage or injury to peacekeepers, about 20 of which were the result of Israeli gunfire or action.
UNIFIL confirmed in its statement on Friday that “despite the unacceptable pressure exerted on the mission through various channels, peacekeepers will continue to carry out the monitoring and reporting tasks assigned to them under Resolution 1701.”
