UNIFIL says it has found more than 225 Hezbollah arms caches in south Lebanon since start of truce

The UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon says that since the start of the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, it has uncovered more than 225 weapons caches in the south and referred them to the army.

The November truce largely ended more than a year of hostilities between Israel and the Iran-backed terror group, including two months of all-out war.

Under the deal, Hezbollah was to withdraw its fighters north of Lebanon’s Litani River and Israel was to pull all its forces from south Lebanon. Israel nevertheless has kept troops in five areas it deems “strategic.”

The Lebanese army has been deploying in the area as Israeli forces have withdrawn and has been dismantling Hezbollah infrastructure there.

Since the November 27 truce began, “peacekeepers have found over 225 weapons caches and referred them” to the Lebanese army, the UN Interim Force in Lebanon says in a statement.

UNIFIL also has a seat on the ceasefire monitoring committee, alongside truce brokers France and the United States, and the Israeli and Lebanese governments.

“With UNIFIL support,” Lebanon’s army has “redeployed to more than 120 permanent positions south of the Litani,” the peacekeeping force says.

It criticizes the IDF for keeping troops in five areas, saying that the “full deployment” of the Lebanese army has been “hindered” as a result.