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Members of the UN Security Council raise their hands to vote in favor of a draft resolution to authorize an International Stabilization Force in Gaza, on November 17, 2025 at UN headquarters in New York City. (Adam Gray/Getty Images/AFP)
November 18, 2025, 7:55 am
UN Security Council endorses Trump broad Gaza peace plan, foreign stabilization force
US garners world support for 20-point proposal, which also references path to Palestinian statehood, but faces uphill battle convincing countries to provide troops to ensure Strip is demilitarized
By Jacob Magid
Egyptian military personnel stand alert at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza Strip, in Rafah, Egypt, October 31, 2023. (AP/Mohammed Asad)
October 19, 2025, 12:41 am
Egypt said expected to lead UN-backed Gaza stabilization force; Azerbaijan to contribute
US, European powers reportedly preparing UN Security Council resolution to allow force to operate under UN mandate without being considered a peacekeeping force
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Vehicles of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) patrol in Marjeyoun in southern Lebanon on October 11, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Hezbollah and Israel. (Photo by AFP)
October 13, 2024, 6:13 am
40 countries contributing to UN’s Lebanon peacekeeping force condemn ‘attacks’
Nations ‘urge the parties of the conflict to respect UNIFIL’s presence,’ after force accused Israel of targeting its positions amid ground op against Hezbollah
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative - Peacekeepers of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) man their armored vehicle in Lebanon's southern town of Naqoura near the border with Israel, on October 15, 2023. (AFP)
December 28, 2023, 3:50 pm
UNIFIL urges probe after peacekeeper hurt by Lebanese youths in assault
Indonesian peacekeeper from UN force in Lebanon injured, vehicle damaged on patrol near Israeli border; UNIFIL says attacks violate Resolution 1701 and Lebanese law
By AFP
Israel Police examine UN employees kits wrongly suspected of containing liquid cocaine, that were allegedly part of an attempt to smuggle drugs into Israel from Jordan on June 25, 2023. (Israel Police)
July 2, 2023, 11:14 pm
Israel frees Fijian UN peacekeepers cleared of drug smuggling suspicion
The three were arrested last week while crossing the border from Jordan with perfume-making kits that police wrongly suspected contained liquid cocaine
By AFP
Lebanese soldiers stand behind a damaged vehicle after a UN peacekeepers convoy came under fire in the Al-Aqbiya village, south Lebanon, December 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari, File)
June 1, 2023, 8:33 pm
Lebanese military tribunal accuses Hezbollah fighters of killing UN peacekeeper
Judge indicts 5 members of Iran-backed terror group for shooting dead Irish Private Sean Rooney and wounding 3 others in December
By Agencies
UNIFIL peacekeepers attend a repatriation ceremony for Irish soldier Sean Rooney who was killed on a UN patrol, at Beirut, Lebanon's international airport, on December 18, 2022. (Anwar Amro/AFP)
December 19, 2022, 1:14 pm
Body of Irish UNIFIL soldier killed by gunfire in south Lebanon returned home
Sean Rooney, 23, a member of the peacekeeping force along the border between Israel and Lebanon, was shot dead last week in first such death since 2015
By AFP and ToI Staff
The coffin of UNIFIL Pvt. Seán Rooney at his memorial procession at the Lebanese army airbase, at Beirut airport, December 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
December 18, 2022, 9:28 pm
Lebanon, UN peacekeepers hold memorial for Irish UNIFIL soldier killed by gunfire
24-year-old Pvt. Seán Rooney killed last week in attack on convoy, which passed through town not under force’s mandate; Hezbollah terror group has not commented on incident
By Kareem Chehayeb
In this December 13, 2018 photo, UN peacekeepers hold their flag while standing next to Hezbollah and Lebanese flags, at the site where Israeli excavators are working, near the southern border village of Mays al-Jabal, Lebanon. (AP/Hussein Malla)
August 12, 2020, 11:43 pm
US threatening to veto UN peacekeeper mandate in southern Lebanon — report
Backing Israeli demands, Washington said to push for reduction in troop numbers and other reforms, warning it could shut down force if rest of Security Council refuses
By ToI Staff and Agencies
IDF Cpt. Dr. Kobi Weissmehl trains United Nations peacekeepers from Nepal during the Khaan Quest exercise in Mongolia in June 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 5, 2019, 10:40 am
IDF officers train UN peacekeepers in medical care in Mongolia exercise
2 Israeli medical officers join annual Khaan Quest drill, working with soldiers from dozens of countries – including Qatar and Malaysia, which have no diplomatic ties with Israel
By Judah Ari Gross
Major General Francis Vib-Sanziri of Ghana, Head of the UNDOF peacekeeping force in the Golan Heights, who died April 19, 2019 (Courtesy/UN)
April 19, 2019, 11:58 pm
Head of UN peacekeepers in Golan Heights dies
Israel and United Nations pay tribute to Maj. Gen. Francis Vib-Sanziri of Ghana, a veteran of several peacekeeping missions
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister of Mali Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga gives an address to Congress on December 29, 2018, in the capital, Bamako. (screen capture: YouTube)
January 21, 2019, 8:40 pm
After Chad ties restored, Israel set to host Mali’s PM in coming weeks
Upon his return from N’Djamena, Netanyahu said to be gearing up to normalize ties with another Muslim-majority country in Africa
By ToI Staff
In this July 28, 2013 photo, United Nations peacekeepers stand guard at a polling station, during presidential elections in Kidal, Mali. (AP/Rebecca Blackwell)
January 21, 2019, 5:31 am
Jihadists in Mali kill 10 peacekeepers ‘in reaction’ to Netanyahu visit to Chad
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claims responsibility for attack on UN camp hours after Israeli PM visits Africa to re-establish ties with N’Djamena
By AFP
Israeli soldiers walk past vehicles of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) near the town of Majdal Shams, on the Golan Heights, April 27, 2015. (AFP/Jalaa Marey)
August 2, 2018, 3:41 pm
Russia says UN peacekeepers patrol Israel-Syria border for first time in years
Moscow says it will deploy military police to 8 posts in Syrian Golan Heights after Assad troops gain control of region
By ToI Staff and AP
UN peacekeepers monitor the Syrian side of the Golan Heights in July 2012 (Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)
April 29, 2018, 12:17 am
Austria probes UN peacekeepers over Golan deaths
Vienna’s forces accused of allowing Syrian police forces to drive into an ambush which killed 9 in 2012 incident
By AFP
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