The States do not want UN peacekeepers in Lebanon to succumb to unsafe circumstances , including an attack from the side of Israel.
RBC-Ukraine reported this in a letter to Reuters.
The agency responded to the words of the US Department of State river transport officer Matthew Miller, who at the time of the briefing on Monday stated, what Israel's ground operations in Lebanon are currently being disrupted, and Israeli forces appear poised to expand ground raids into the country in the wake of the war in the Gaza Strip.
In his words, Washington So let Israel know what you want to deprive repair roads to Beirut airport.
On the 6th of June, the UN forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) were deeply affected by the “recent activity” of Israel in the mission position in Lebanon.
“We don’t want the UN forces IFIL succumbed to carelessness in any way “UNIFIL plays an important role in establishing security in Lebanon,” Miller said.
The mission is encouraged by the Council of Security to help the Lebanese army seize the territory freely from the army and armed personnel so as not to belong to the Lebanese state. This claimed that Hezbollah is in fact in control of Lebanon.
Last year, the Israeli forces asked UN peacekeepers to prepare for redeployment to a distance of 5 km from the cordon between Israel and Lebanon – known as the “black line” . This is necessary to “ensure security as quickly as possible.”
On Thursday, March 3, the head of the UN peacekeeping contingent announced that the peacekeepers would be out of place and to ensure a single channel of communication between the military regions.
Operation Iya Israel against Hezbollah in Lebanon
On June 7, 2023, due to the Palestinian terrorist movement, Hamas and Islamic Jihad launched a ground and air attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip. As a result of the attack, over 1,200 Israelis died, and another 250 were taken from the captors.
At the end of the war, the Israeli army began a military operation in the Gaza Strip, which is touching the ground.
In parallel, Iran-controlled Hezbollah “In Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen, they began to regularly fire drones and missiles at Israeli territory.
Over the past few months, attacks by Hezbollah and Israel have become more frequent and large-scale.
In the first year, the Israeli army launched a ground military operation against the Hezbollah group near Lebanon. Read the report about the operation in the materials of RBC-Ukraine.
ZMI reported that Israel had eliminated the new head of Hezbollah, Hashim Sofi ad-Din, at the hour of the attack on the 4th. There is daily confirmation of this information.
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