UNIFIL

UNIFIL must adapt its strategy if it is going to have a role in the current conflict with Hezbollah.

Noting that UNIFIL “had one job: Keep armed terrorists out of southern Lebanon,” the editorial board attributed the new expansion of the war to UNIFIL’s failure to fulfil its duty. 

Italy's defense minister emphasizes the need to strengthen the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon amid rising tensions with Hezbollah and Israel.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called on the UN to withdraw its troops and called allegations that Israel is deliberating targeting the peacekeepers "completely false."

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A spokesman for the organization also explained around the same time why UNIFIL is not evacuating from southern Lebanon.

The countries, including Spain, Italy and France, contribute more than a third of some 10,000 troops to UNIFIL and the recent incidents have alarmed European governments.

Sixteen EU countries, including Austria, contribute to UNIFIL

It was not a UN decision that established the State of Israel but the victory that was achieved in the War of Independence with the blood of our heroic fighters, the PMO said in response.

Hezbollah has been hiding behind UNIFIL for far too long, but European leaders continue to blame Jerusalem.