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Thursday, October 10, 2024
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Thursday, October 10, 2024
UNIFIL rejects Israeli request to evacuate posts along Lebanon border
A spokesperson for UNIFIL tells the Walla news site that the multinational peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon has rejected an Israeli request to evacuate posts along the Israeli-Lebanon border.
Israel made the request over concerns UNIFIL troops would be harmed during its ground incursion into the Lebanese side of the border to dismantle Hezbollah sites there.
The spokesperson calls on Israel and Hezbollah to abide by UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which requires Israel not to cross the Blue Line and for Hezbollah to disarm and pull its troops north of the Litani River 18 miles from the border.
UNIFIL has failed to ensure Hezbollah’s compliance with the resolution virtually since it was enacted in 2006.
