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Over the past week, UNIFIL peacekeepers have ramped up support to the people displaced from the mission’s area of operations, especially those forced from towns and villages close to the Blue Line due to ongoing hostilities…

As part of UNIFIL’s support to people affected by the latest escalation of violence, peacekeepers are constantly supporting humanitarian relief for local communities still present along the Blue Line. In the past week, 20…

A specialist explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team from UNIFIL’s Italian contingent safely disposed of an armed drone that had crashed – under circumstances still under investigation – amid heavy exchanges of fire along a…

As UNIFIL marks a somber Establishment Day today, without the usual ceremony in Naqoura due to ongoing hostilities, its peacekeepers are on task and supporting efforts geared toward security and stability and peace on both…

As part of UNIFIL’s continued efforts to support communities affected by ongoing exchanges of fire in south Lebanon, the mission’s Italian peacekeepers made substantial food donations to internally-displaced persons (IDPs) in…

At the request of the municipality of Alma Shaab in southwestern Lebanon, UNIFIL peacekeepers facilitated the movement of dozens of civilians to safety this morning. The peacekeepers helped about 80 civilians move out of…

UNIFIL handed over the last two of five minefields cleared by its deminers over the past six months to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), during a ceremony held yesterday in Blida, southeastern Lebanon. While clearing the final…

As part of UNIFIL’s continued support to Lebanon’s security institutions in extending state authority in south Lebanon, the UN mission handed over this week a number of vehicles and information technology (IT) equipment to…

Last week, UNIFIL peacekeepers supported the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) in extracting and removing two unexploded ordnances (UXOs) in the town of Al Aadeisse in south-eastern Lebanon. These operations enhance the security of…

As UNIFIL’s mission is set to conclude at the end of 2026, the Commander of the Lebanese Navy has hailed cooperation with UNIFIL’s Maritime Task Force (MTF) spanning nearly two decades in safeguarding Lebanon’s territorial…

Two minefields in Maroun al-Ras, in south Lebanon, recently cleared by UNIFIL’s Chinese Multirole Engineering Unit (CHINMEU), were officially handed over to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) on 4 February 2026. This symbolic…

UNIFIL launched last week an explosive ordnance risk education (EORE) campaign targeting potentially vulnerable groups, including children and displaced people, in the mission’s area of operation. Working in coordination with…