UNIFIL
United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon

Press releases and statements

Showing 161-170 of 237 results found.
UNIFIL technical team visits tunnel location near Metulla
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col, along with a technical team, today visited a location near Metulla in northern Israel where the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has discovered a tunnel close to the Blue Line . Based on the site inspection, UNIFIL can confirm the…
LAF’s CIMIC chief visits UNIFIL headquarters
The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) official in charge of the activities on civil-military cooperation (CIMIC) visited UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura Tuesday to discuss with the UNIFIL leadership the areas of enhanced cooperation in south Lebanon. During his meeting with the visiting LAF CIMIC chief…
Device installed by Israeli Army south of BL removed
UNIFIL spokesperson Andrea Tenenti touched on Wednesday on the situation in the area around the southern town of Meis al-Jabal and what UNIFIL is doing in relation to the surveillance camera installed by the Israeli Army in a disputed area east of the town. In response to a question by the National…
UNIFIL Press Statement on today’s incident along the Blue Line
Late this afternoon, UNIFIL was informed that two IDF vehicles were attacked south of the Blue Line in the general area of Sheeba Farms. The IDF returned artillery fire in the general area of Kafr Chouba, Abbasiva and Bastara in UNIFIL's area of operations. No casualties were reported to UNIFIL…
UNIFIL HoM visits NEPBATT to express his condolences
Today, UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major-General Luciano Portolano paid a visit to UNIFIL Nepalese contingent in Meis el Jebel, where he met with NEPBATT Commander Lt. Col. Rajendra Mani Giri and expressed his condolences over the recent disastrous earthquake in the country, which has…
UNIFIL Press Statement on incidents along the Blue Line
At around 11:30 am this morning, UNIFIL observed six rockets launched towards Israel from the vicinity of Wazzani north of Maysat in the UNIFIL area of operations. The IDF returned artillery fire in the same general area. During the course of the developments, a UNIFIL peacekeeper deployed at a UN…

United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon

The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is a peacekeeping mission in south Lebanon. It was established by the Security Council in 1978 with Resolutions 425 and 426. In 2006, the Security Council strengthened UNIFIL’s mandate to monitor the cessation of hostilities, among other tasks.