Yesterday, peacekeepers on a planned patrol near Adeisse were warned by locals about a potential danger at a home, and discovered an explosive device connected to a detonating cord.

The peacekeepers set up a security cordon and prepared to check another house. Soon after, a drone that had been hovering overhead dropped a grenade about 30 metres from the peacekeepers.

UNIFIL sent a stop-fire request to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Fortunately, no one was injured.

Such IDF activities on Lebanese territory put local civilians at risk and are a violation of Security Council resolution 1701. 

We remind the IDF of its obligation to ensure the safety of peacekeepers and to cease activities that endanger them. Any actions that put peacekeepers at risk are serious violations of Security Council resolution 1701, and undermine the stability all of us are working to achieve.