UN special coordinator for Lebanon visits Israel amid ‘escalating hostilities’

By Nava Freiberg

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9 March 2026, 2:06 pm

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Nava Freiberg is The Times of Israel's deputy diplomatic correspondent.

Defense Minister Israel Katz meets with Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, UN special envoy for Lebanon, in Tel Aviv, November 26, 2024. (Defense Ministry spokesperson)

The United Nations special coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert begins an official visit to Israel today “amidst escalating hostilities,” her office says in a statement.

Hennis-Plasschaert is set to meet with senior Israeli officials to address the “urgent need for a recommitment to the full implementation” of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which requires that the Lebanese Armed Forces be the only force with arms in southern Lebanon, the statement continues.

Hezbollah and Israel have been intensifying fighting since the Lebanese terror group began attacking Israel last week in response to the ongoing US-Israeli bombing campaign against Iran.