UN peacekeeping force condemns “ongoing” Israeli damage in southern Lebanon
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UNIFIL condemns Israel's continued destruction of residential areas and infrastructure in southern Lebanon despite the ceasefire. This violates UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah.
The UN peacekeeping force (UNIFIL - United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon) expressed in a statement “concern” over the “ongoing” damage caused by Israeli forces in southern Lebanon. UNIFIL and the Lebanese army are responsible for security in southern Lebanon, near the Israeli border, according to a previous agreement.
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Unifil, the UN military peacekeeping force in Lebanon, expressed in a statement “concern” over the “ongoing” damage caused by Israeli forces in the south of the country, despite the ceasefire reached in the war with Hezbollah.
UNIFIL states the following:
There is concern about the continued destruction by the Israeli army of residential areas, agricultural land and the road network in southern Lebanon. This, the military adds, violates Resolution 1701, adopted by the UN Security Council, which ended the last war between Israel and Hezbollah in 2006
The UN force also reiterated its demand for the “timely withdrawal” of Israeli troops from Lebanon and the “full implementation of Resolution 1701.
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According to the agreement, UNIFIL peacekeeping forces and the Lebanese army will be responsible for security in southern Lebanon, near the Israeli border, while troops from the Jewish country must withdraw within 60 days, i.e. by the end of January.
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