Shots fired at UNIFIL post on Israel-Lebanon border
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon said one of its posts was targeted near the border with Israel by small-arms fire, but there were no casualties.
Small-arms fire was directed at a United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) post near the Israel-Lebanon border this morning, resulting in no casualties, according to a UNIFIL statement. The UN force condemned the attack, describing it as "unacceptable" and stating that such deliberate acts put the lives of peacekeepers at grave risk.
The incident is currently under investigation. The UN Security Council, under US pressure, had previously agreed to terminate UNIFIL's mandate in December, following its deployment in the region since 1978. Lebanon's Prime Minister Nawaf Salam had previously urged the UN to prevent a power vacuum that would arise from withdrawing UNIFIL without a suitable replacement.
As of now, UNIFIL comprises 7,500 blue helmets from 50 countries. Violence has diminished since a ceasefire following a June memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran, and a US-sponsored framework agreement between Lebanon and Israel was finalized in the same month. The agreement entails Hezbollah's disarmament, a gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from southern Lebanon, and the deployment of the Lebanese army to the region in designated "pilot zones."
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