Israeli flags on Lebanon road violate UN resolution, UNIFIL says

Israeli flags planted on a main coastal highway in southern Lebanon are a violation of a UN Security Council resolution, the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon UNIFIL says, urging all sides to avoid “provocative actions.”

The IDF holds a buffer zone in southern Lebanon meant to prevent attacks on Israel from the Hezbollah terror group.

A video posted yesterday by journalist Amit Segal showed Israeli flags flying along the Naqoura-Tyre coastal road, a primary artery for southern Lebanon and a route used by UNIFIL.

The footage appeared to have been taken from a military vehicle.

Like in Judea and Samaria: Israeli flags are flying along Lebanon’s coastal road, between Naqoura and Tyre. pic.twitter.com/rym6rwNKXD

— Amit Segal (@AmitSegal) August 16, 2026

Reuters is able to confirm the location of the video, but cannot verify when the footage was filmed. Segal tells Reuters he was sent the video by Israeli soldiers.

Peacekeepers have observed several Israeli flags in Lebanese territory, including recently on the coastal road and in Naqoura village, UNIFIL spokesperson Kandice Ardiel says.

Ardiel says the Israeli flags are a violation of UN Security Council resolution 1701, which ended a 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah.

“As always, we call on the IDF and all actors to cease violations of the resolution and avoid any provocative action that could increase tensions or trigger further violations,” Ardiel adds.

Israel’s military, in response to a request for comment, says its forces are “operating in southern Lebanon with the aim of removing threats posed by the Hezbollah terrorist organization to Israeli civilians and IDF troops, in accordance with international law.”

“Israel is not acting against the Lebanese state or its citizens,” the military says.

There is no immediate comment from the Lebanese army.