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UNIFIL Statement on rocket fire incidents on 19 May 2021
Rockets have been launched from southern Lebanon into northern Israel and Israel Defense Forces has retaliated. UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Del Col is in direct contact with the parties urging all sides to exercise maximum restraint at this critical time. The firing has…
UNIFIL Statement on rocket fire incidents on 17 May 2021
On Monday, 17 May at around 11:30 pm, UNIFIL detected firing of rockets from the general area of Rashaya Al Foukhar north of Kfar Chouba, in south Lebanon. Immediately after we were also informed by the parties. The Israel Defense Forces returned artillery fire directed at the location from where…
UNIFIL Statement on 16 May 2021
UNIFIL peacekeepers are on the ground and working in close coordination with our strategic partners, the Lebanese Armed Forces who are working around the clock to provide security in the area. Since the beginning of the demonstrations, we have been together on the ground to decrease tension and…
UNIFIL Statement on 14 May 2021 incident
We are aware of reports that a Lebanese civilian was killed along the Blue Line near Kafer Kila today during a confrontation with the Israel Defense Forces. UNIFIL’s Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Del Col is in direct contact with the parties to prevent further escalation. Our…
UNIFIL Statement on rocket fire incidents on 13 May 2021
In relation to reports of launch of rockets from south Lebanon into Israel, UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Del Col is in touch with both parties urging maximum restraint and to cooperate with UNIFIL in order to prevent further escalation. UNIFIL in coordination with the…
UNIFIL statement on military court conviction for attack on peacekeepers
UNIFIL welcomes a recent Lebanese Military Court verdict that has brought another individual guilty of an attack on peacekeepers to justice. In July 2011, a UNIFIL convoy passing through the city of Saida was targeted with an Improvised Explosive Device. Three peacekeepers were seriously injured in…
UNIFIL statement on the release of the Lebanese shepherd at the Ras Naqoura crossing
Today, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released a Lebanese shepherd to UNIFIL at the Ras Naqoura crossing. The shepherd had been apprehended on Tuesday, January 12 in the Bastara area near the Blue Line in south Lebanon. UNIFIL in turn handed him over to the Lebanese authorities through the…
UNIFIL statement on the progress on maritime negotiations between Lebanon and Israel
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) welcomes today’s announcement of a framework agreement to launch negotiations between Lebanon and Israel on maritime and land boundary demarcation between the two countries. UNIFIL stands ready to extend to the parties all the support at its…
UNIFIL naval peacekeepers rescue 37 stranded at sea
This morning, a United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Maritime Task Force (MTF) ship located at sea outside Lebanese territorial waters a boat with 37 people inside. Unfortunately, one of them had already passed away. A second MTF ship deployed to recover the boat later found another…
UNIFIL peacekeepers test positive for COVID-19 Coronavirus
Ninety UNIFIL peacekeepers have tested positive for COVID-19 Coronavirus. The peacekeepers who have tested positive, 88 of them from the same contingent and two from another troop contributing country are in complete isolation and all the precautionary measures have been followed to prevent the…