Israel will press UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on what it says is Hezbollah’s arms buildup in Lebanon when he arrives Sunday evening for his first visit to the Jewish state since taking office.
During the three-day visit, Guterres will hold talks with Israeli leaders, travel to Ramallah to meet Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and then to the Gaza Strip, where the UN runs a major Palestinian aid program.
The trip comes as the UN Security Council debates renewing, for a year, the mandate of its peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, with a vote expected on August 30.
The US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, has blasted the commander of the UNIFIL peacekeepers, accusing him of turning a blind eye to Hezbollah weapons smuggling.
— AFP and Times of Israel staff
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