“The danger is existential”… A message from Hashem about UNIFIL’s future
Member of the Development and Liberation bloc, MP Qassem Hashem, warned of the seriousness of the stage Lebanon is going through, considering that the country faces an “existential danger” amid the ongoing Israeli attacks on the south, and stressing that the continued presence of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon “UNIFIL” has become more than…
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The southern border and the Blue Line
What is independently established about the incident, and what is attributed to a party?
The UN identified the Blue Line in 2000 to verify Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon. UNIFIL explains that it is a withdrawal line, not an agreed international border.
UNIFIL · Blue Line FAQ ↗Security Council Resolution 1701, adopted in 2006, called for a full cessation of hostilities and strengthened UNIFIL’s mandate. The resolution is a reference for understanding reports about hostilities and deployments in southern Lebanon; it does not by itself verify a particular incident.
UN Security Council · 2006 ↗
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