• On November 6, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said the group prepared for all options and would "resort to them at any time. (nationalinterest.org)
  • Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warned on Monday that even if the Security Council adopted the same language as last year on the freedom of movement of U.N. troops it would 'remain ink on paper. (yahoo.com)
  • Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah expressed his party's willingness to cooperate with the state in facilitating an agreement regarding removing two tents in exchange for an Israeli withdrawal from the northern part of the Ghajar region. (lbcgroup.tv)
  • Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah is set to speak Friday for the first time since the Israel-Hamas war broke out. (yahoo.com)
  • Consider that just four months before this attack, Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah publicly criticized an amendment in the UNIFIL mandate's most recent extension. (tabletmag.com)
  • Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah delivered a televised speech Monday evening to mark the sixth anniversary of what the Shiite party calls the ''second liberation'' - the battle against jihadists who were deployed in the jurds (hinterland) of Arsal, in the Bekaa, on the border with Syria. (lorientlejour.com)
  • In a speech on Monday, Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah warned that there was an attempt to have UNIFIL spy for Israel, because it operated in areas that IDF drones, spies, or cameras cannot reach. (ifmat.org)
  • Secretary General of #Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah is meeting in these hours with the head of the political bureau of #Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh and with senior of Hamas, Saleh Al-Arori. (liveuamap.com)
  • The indictment followed a half-year probe after an attack on a UN peacekeeping convoy near the town of Al Aqbiya in Lebanon's south, a stronghold of Hezbollah. (gulfnews.com)
  • Lebanon's army also said it was monitoring the situation closely. (thedefensepost.com)
  • Unrest in Tripoli has recently exposed Lebanon's tenuous and often changing political alliances that can make for strange bedfellows as seen in the Iran/Hezbollah March 8 Alliance and Western/Gulf Cedar Revolution backed March 14 Alliance. (smallwarsjournal.com)
  • On 21 May, Western newspapers highlighted the complex landscape of Lebanon's political map by interpreting the killing of a prominent Sunni sheikh at a military checkpoint in north Lebanon as an omen that sectarian violence would possibly begin in this religiously diverse country. (smallwarsjournal.com)
  • After the announcement early this month, French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu said it was "vital" to strengthen Lebanon's military as tensions between Israel and Hezbollah rise. (nationalinterest.org)
  • Hezbollah, a proxy of Iran and an ally of Syria, has instigated a series of provocative incidents around the Blue Line, Lebanon's internationally recognized frontier, which was demarcated by the United Nations in 2000. (timesofisrael.com)
  • The U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) - established in 1978 - patrols Lebanon's southern border with Israel. (yahoo.com)
  • Lebanon's demands to limit the freedom of oversight and monitoring of UNIFIL personnel regarding what is happening in southern Lebanon are not accepted,' Israel's U.N. Ambassador Gilad Erdan told Israel's Army Radio on Wednesday. (yahoo.com)
  • Lebanon's caretaker foreign affairs minister Abdallah Bou Habib has said that the new Security Council resolution should stipulate that UNIFIL coordinate with the Lebanese army. (yahoo.com)
  • Hezbollah is a heavily armed party that is Lebanon's most powerful political force. (yahoo.com)
  • Lebanon's Hezbollah said on Sunday it shot down an Israeli drone over southern Lebanon with a surface-to-air missile, the first time it has announced such an incident, as clashes on the Lebanese border escalate. (yahoo.com)
  • Instead, Lebanon's citizens are made to watch the lionization of Hassan Nasrallah's "liberation war" of south Lebanon though reality was not that bright and while underneath the public discourse dramatic moves and sad choices were made by the opposition to Hezbollah, choices that finally allowed the Hezbollah's empowerment. (hnn.us)
  • Lebanon's Hezbollah said it attacked 19 Israeli positions along the border simultaneously Thursday, prompting a 'broad' retaliatory assault, on the eve of a speech by the Iran-backed group's leader on the Israel-Hamas war. (yahoo.com)
  • Lebanon's official National News Agency said four people were killed and others wounded in Israeli bombardments of the border region, while Hezbollah announced another of its fighters killed. (yahoo.com)
  • Lebanon's army meanwhile retrieved the bodies of two shepherds killed by Israeli fire, the NNA said. (yahoo.com)
  • Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group has announced the death of seven of its fighters without giving details on where they were killed. (arkansasonline.com)
  • JERUSALEM -- Attacks by Lebanon's Hezbollah group Sunday wounded seven Israeli troops and 10 other people, Israel's military and rescue services said. (arkansasonline.com)
  • He did not say whether Lebanon's government or the Hezbollah militant group was blocking access for UNIFIL. (alarabiya.net)
  • Lebanon's Hezbollah on Friday denied that five men accused by a military tribunal of killing an Irish UN peacekeeper in 2022 were linked to the armed Shiite group. (a24now.com)
  • On Thursday evening, Lebanese Prime Minister Mikati condemned the rocket fire toward Israel from Lebanon's territory and stressed that the Lebanese army and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) were working to arrest the perpetrators. (lbcgroup.tv)
  • Kuwait's UN Ambassador Mansour Al-Otaibi reaffirmed Lebanon's right to protect its sovereignty saying "Lebanon has long been living with threats and violations by Israel's army. (middleeastmonitor.com)
  • Lebanon's National News Agency reported late on Sunday that a member of the Lebanese army had opened fire at "an Israeli army unit" near the Naqoura border post but it was not clear why the sniper had opened fire. (aljazeera.com)
  • Lebanese soldiers stand behind a damaged vehicle after a UN peacekeepers convoy came under fire in the Al Aqbiya village, south Lebanon, on Dec. 15, 2022. (gulfnews.com)
  • In some of the recordings of the confrontation, the gunmen reportedly could be heard telling the peacekeepers that they are from Hezbollah. (gulfnews.com)
  • The UN expanded its mission following the 2006 war between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah, allowing peacekeepers to deploy along the Israeli border to help the Lebanese military extend its authority into the country's south for the first time in decades. (gulfnews.com)
  • Hezbollah supporters in Lebanon frequently accuse the U.N. mission of collusion with Israel, while Israel has accused the peacekeepers of turning a blind eye to Hezbollah's military activities in southern Lebanon. (gulfnews.com)
  • The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) conducts a foot patrol, with ten female peacekeepers from six troop contributing countries, in Rumaysh, south Lebanon, December 13, 2017. (thedefensepost.com)
  • UNIFIL peacekeepers have further increased their patrolling along the Blue Line, together with the Lebanese Armed Forces," Sayegh added, referring to the U.N.-established ceasefire line. (thedefensepost.com)
  • NAQOURA, Lebanon - Lebanon on Monday disputed the number of Israeli encroachments on its soil, complicating efforts to deploy U.N. peacekeepers along the volatile Lebanese-Israeli border. (deseret.com)
  • UNIFIL's mandate was expanded in 2006, following a month-long war between Israel and Hezbollah, to allow peacekeepers to help the Lebanese army keep parts of the south free of weapons or armed personnel other than those of the Lebanese state. (yahoo.com)
  • With nearly 10,000 troops from 48 nations, UNIFIL's presence in south Lebanon represents the densest concentration of peacekeepers per square kilometer in the world. (tabletmag.com)
  • Forty-five years after this "interim" force was deployed, the Israel-Lebanon border region remains precarious, and UNIFIL peacekeepers are increasingly threatened. (tabletmag.com)
  • UNIFIL's presence was increased fivefold-from 2,000 to more than 10,000 peacekeepers-to accomplish this objective, but it has never fulfilled its mandate, and Hezbollah has since fully replenished its arsenal. (tabletmag.com)
  • Given how ubiquitous U.N. peacekeepers are in the Hezbollah heartland, this perennial failure to observe-let alone appropriate-even a single weapons delivery is a fair measure of the utter failure of UNIFIL's mission. (tabletmag.com)
  • In recent years, though, U.N. peacekeepers have increasingly been targeted by the terror organization that runs Lebanon, and which tightly controls the region that UNIFIL was set up to secure. (tabletmag.com)
  • Also Sunday, the United Nations peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, UNIFIL, said one of its peacekeepers had been wounded by gunfire overnight near the Lebanese town of al-Qawza. (arkansasonline.com)
  • The United Nations peacekeepers have confirmed the existence of a tunnel in northern Israel near the Lebanese border, days after Tel Aviv accused armed group Hezbollah of digging under the frontier. (aljazeera.com)
  • The United Nations' envoy to the Mideast said Tuesday that peacekeepers in Lebanon have not been given access to tunnels stretching into Israel, which UN officials say violate a cease-fire resolution that ended a devastating war between Israel and Hezbollah in 2006. (alarabiya.net)
  • Although fatal attacks on peacekeepers are relatively rare - there hadn't been a fatality among the 10,000-strong Unifil mission since 2015 - confrontations with locals and militia groups are growing more frequent and more serious. (arcpublishing.com)
  • On Monday UN peacekeepers in Lebanon said that two of the four tunnels found close to the border with Israel crossed the frontier demarcation between the two countries, violating a UN resolution 1701. (middleeastmonitor.com)
  • Houthi militants stand guard near an army vehicle with a Palestinian flag, at a government complex, in Sanaa, Yemen, 04 December 2023. (aawsat.com)
  • Hezbollah fighters carry the coffin of their comrade, Mohammed Ali Assaf, who was killed by an Israeli strike in Syria Friday morning, during his funeral procession in the southern Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh, Lebanon, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. (arkansasonline.com)
  • WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, August 16, 2023/ EINPresswire.com / - The American Mideast Coalition for Democracy condemns the shooting of Lebanese civilian, Fadi Bejjani, in the Christian village of Kahale, Mount Lebanon. (news-abc.com)
  • Three weeks later, during the Passover holiday, Hamas operatives in southern Lebanon fired 34 rockets at Israel, damaging infrastructure and wounding several Israelis. (timesofisrael.com)
  • The Israel-Lebanon border has seen escalating tit-for-tat exchanges, mainly between the Israeli army and Hamas ally Hezbollah, since the Palestinian militants launched a shock attack on Israel on October 7, stoking fears of a regional conflagration. (yahoo.com)
  • The deaths raised to 71 the number killed in Lebanon since the Israel-Hamas war began, according to an AFP tally -- most of them Hezbollah fighters and other combatants but also civilians, one a Reuters journalist. (yahoo.com)
  • Hamas' military wing, meanwhile, claimed responsibility for shelling the northern Haifa and the Israeli border towns of Na'ura and Shlomi from southern Lebanon without giving any further details. (arkansasonline.com)
  • Israeli troops and Hezbollah militants and their allies have been clashing along the border since the Israel-Hamas war started five weeks ago with a bloody incursion into southern Israel by Hezbollah ally Hamas. (arkansasonline.com)
  • the April rocket salvo by Hamas cells in south Lebanon). (washingtoninstitute.org)
  • The Israeli army was able to neutralize another important leader of the Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip. (hardwoodparoxysm.com)
  • His words are not merely rhetoric since the Iranians are making rapid progress in preparations for a concerted effort to destroy the Jewish state via its proxies in Lebanon, Syria and the territories controlled by the PA and Hamas. (israelnationalnews.com)
  • Early Friday morning, the Israeli Army carried out strikes on targets in southern Lebanon, "including terrorist infrastructures belonging to Hamas. (lbcgroup.tv)
  • The Israeli Army has stated that it will not allow Hamas to operate within Lebanon and holds the state responsible for any directed fire emanating from its territory. (lbcgroup.tv)
  • In response to the Israeli Army strikes, Hamas issued a statement condemning "the blatant Zionist aggression on Lebanon" and expressing solidarity with the Lebanese people. (lbcgroup.tv)
  • Although the response against Hamas in Gaza was anticipated to be very strong, it had remained unclear how strong the response in Lebanon would be. (lbcgroup.tv)
  • UNIFIL was created to oversee the withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon after Israel's 1978 invasion. (gulfnews.com)
  • Skirmishes on Israel's northern border have been commonplace since Hamas's October 7 Massacre, and Hezbollah has threatened to expand the conflict. (nationalinterest.org)
  • Tensions along Israel's tense border with Lebanon have been escalating of late. (timesofisrael.com)
  • During Israel's month-long war with Hezbollah in the summer of 2006, Israel regained possession of northern Ghajar and has held it ever since. (timesofisrael.com)
  • Nine months after the construction of Israel's security fence, Hezbollah set up two tents along the Blue Line to underscore its annoyance with the fence and reassert its claim to Shebaa Farms. (timesofisrael.com)
  • For these reasons, Hezbollah - which has accumulated a stockpile of 150,000 rockets and missile - has created friction along Israel's northern border. (timesofisrael.com)
  • Hezbollah launched the project in parallel to Israel's construction of a fortified perimeter fence along the 140-kilometer shared border, Ynet reported on Monday. (jns.org)
  • Under the guise of the so-called 'Green without Borders' environmental organization, Hezbollah is expanding its terror footprints on a daily basis, just mere meters from Israel's northern border, and from within UNIFIL's area of operations," he said. (jns.org)
  • The operation is part of Israel's wider campaign against Hezbollah, including actions to tackle the group's weapons facilities. (aljazeera.com)
  • Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this week that Hezbollah was planning to send attackers through the tunnels, which he claimed were big enough to be used by motorcycles, small vehicles and groups of people. (aljazeera.com)
  • The rocket fire prompted cross-border attacks from Israel's army. (atfl.org)
  • They want UNIFIL to work for Israel, to be a spy in Israel's pay. (lorientlejour.com)
  • The United States, which is one of the five permanent UNSC members, has supported Israel's stance on UNIFIL. (ifmat.org)
  • passed in 2006 bringing Israel's fifth invasion of Lebanon to an end. (middleeastmonitor.com)
  • Operation Grapes of Wrath (Hebrew: מבצע ענבי זעם Mivtsa Enavi Zaam), known in Lebanon as the April Aggression (Arabic: عدوان نيسان, romanized: ʿUdwān Nīsān), was a seventeen-day campaign of the Israeli Defense Forces against Hezbollah in 1996 which attempted to end rocket attacks on Northern Israel by the organisation. (wikipedia.org)
  • 639 Hezbollah cross-border rocket attacks targeted northern Israel, particularly the town of Kiryat Shemona. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Israeli army invaded Lebanon for the second time in 1982, in order to stop the Palestinian attacks, starting the 1982 Lebanon War. (wikipedia.org)
  • After the recent Israeli attacks against Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq, the Middle East has found itself in the midst of undeclared war. (countercurrents.org)
  • France has ignored this risk despite almost constant Hezbollah rocket attacks on the north of Israel and the risk of war breaking out. (nationalinterest.org)
  • Independent reports mention dozens of armed Hizbollah fighters being killed in some of these Israeli smart bomb or missile attacks. (blogspot.com)
  • Hezbollah waged strikes and suicide attacks against the SLA for a decade and a half. (hnn.us)
  • Hezbollah later announced attacks on Israeli military gatherings and barracks in the border areas of Birket Riche and Zareit, as clashes continue to intensify. (arkansasonline.com)
  • Hezbollah has exploited both of these disputes to further its ethos of "resisting the occupation" and create a pretext for continued attacks there. (washingtoninstitute.org)
  • More specifically, OP1 of the new draft resolution 'calls for a full cessation of hostilities based upon, in particular, the immediate cessation by Hizbollah of all attacks and the immediate cessation by Israel of all offensive military operations. (innercitypress.com)
  • The Christians of South Lebanon believe that Hezbollah will again provoke Israel into retaliating for terrorist attacks on its northern border and Christians will once more be caught in the crossfire. (news-abc.com)
  • First, the Palestinian militias in Lebanon must disarm before Hezbollah. (smallwarsjournal.com)
  • The refugee issue and the Shebaa Farms requirement will likely prove difficult (or impossible) to resolve without a Palestinian-Israeli peace agreement, but disarming the Palestinian militias within Lebanon and strengthening the Lebanese Armed Forces' defense capabilities are maybe more doable. (smallwarsjournal.com)
  • The so-called security zone defended by the SLA was confronted by mostly Hezbollah and allies militias to its north. (hnn.us)
  • As more than seven thousands civilians crossed the border in fear for their lives, Hezbollah militias conquered, not liberated, the border areas. (hnn.us)
  • The pro-Assad coalition of Shiite militias who make up the bulk of the Syrian army today is currently eliminating the last hubs of Islamist rebels in eastern Ghouta near Damascus and in the northern province Idlib in Syria. (israelnationalnews.com)
  • AMCD reiterates its call for an implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1559, which calls for the disarming of all Lebanese militias, including Hezbollah, which has never complied. (news-abc.com)
  • After discovering that the US-listed terror group is transporting weapons from the Bekaa valley to the capital of Lebanon (on a highway passing feet away from the Ministry of Defense), it is the obligation of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to establish a safe zone between the Bekaa and Beirut and to block all arms shipments to the militias as requested by the UN and now demanded by the population. (news-abc.com)
  • The composure of the Lebanese Armed Forces in 2011 helped Lebanon weather the storm of the UN Special Tribunal investigating the Hariri murder. (smallwarsjournal.com)
  • Fourth, the Lebanese Armed Forces need greater defense capabilities than Hezbollah. (smallwarsjournal.com)
  • Seven suspects have been charged in the killing, although only one has been rendered by Hezbollah to the Lebanese Armed Forces. (tabletmag.com)
  • The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) were reinforced and tasked with helping UNIFIL create "an area free of any armed personnel, assets and weapons other than those of the Government. (washingtoninstitute.org)
  • Last week, Joseph Aoun, the commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), told reporters the Lebanese army is ready for a new conflict with Israel if the IDF encroaches further on the border of Lebanon. (israelnationalnews.com)
  • Lebanon was previously a French Mandate bestowed by the League of Nations, and the incompetent and corrupt Lebanese government still has close political and cultural ties with its former suzerain. (nationalinterest.org)
  • Part of its mandate was to create a zone in South Lebanon free of any militia groups and entirely under the control of the Lebanese military. (nationalinterest.org)
  • Not only does the militia tightly control the area in which the killing occurred, it has a history of inciting against and attacking UNIFIL, whose mandate in part is to help the LAF ensure that south Lebanon is "free of any armed personnel, assets, and weapons" other than those of the LAF and UNIFIL. (tabletmag.com)
  • As the Security Council prepares to extend the mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Hezbollah has erected tents and deployed armed men across the Blue Line in the Mount Dov/Shebaa area-the latest in a string of actions that violate the security regime established by UN Security Council Resolution 1701 , which ended the war. (washingtoninstitute.org)
  • The resolution to extend mandate of UNIFIL , which patrols the UN-demarcated border between southern Lebanon and Israel, was passed after a compromise was reached between France and the US over the language regarding freedom of movement. (palestina-komitee.nl)
  • The debate over the renewal of the mandate, which was set to expire on Thursday, centred on whether UNIFIL had to notify Lebanese authorities before going out on missions. (palestina-komitee.nl)
  • The main purpose of their mandate was to restrict the presence of Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. (palestina-komitee.nl)
  • UNIFIL, formed initially to ensure the withdrawal of Israeli troops after the invasion of Lebanon in 1978, had its mandate strengthened in 2006 after Hezbollah and Israel fought a month-long war. (palestina-komitee.nl)
  • Rather than saying UNIFIL shouldn't be there, it is trying to find ways to improve their mandate. (palestina-komitee.nl)
  • Nasrallah's speech comes as UNIFIL's mandate is due for renewal on Thursday, after a year marked by tensions between the UN force and residents of the south, a region where Hezbollah is predominant. (lorientlejour.com)
  • The UN must urgently intervene to reduce tensions by strengthening the freedom of movement of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon in the region, and implementing its mandate on the northern border," Gallant told Guterres. (ifmat.org)
  • The two men met as the United Nations Security Council is set on Wednesday to renew the annual mandate of its 10,500-member peacekeeping force on that border, known as UNIFIL. (ifmat.org)
  • Lebanon, however, has pushed this year to constrict UNIFIL's activity by placing language in the mandate that would require it to seek approval from the Lebanese Army before inspecting any suspicious site. (ifmat.org)
  • Israel is concerned that if the mandate limits UNIFIL patrols and forces it to coordinate with the Lebanese Army, the peacekeeper force will cease to be effective precisely at a time when hostilities are heating up. (ifmat.org)
  • Hezbollah rhetoric has become increasingly antagonistic towards Unifil, which it sees as abusing its mandate by operating without escort from Lebanese authorities, says UCD international relations lecturer Edward Burke. (arcpublishing.com)
  • The flag of a supposed Lebanese civil organization, "Green Without Borders," flies over the posts, but the IDF has exposed this as a fictitious group founded by Hezbollah back in 2018. (jns.org)
  • Israel said there were several rocket or mortar launches from Lebanon at its territory, and that it was returning fire, while Hezbollah said it shot down an Israeli drone. (yahoo.com)
  • The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon said it increased patrols on the Lebanese-Israeli border on Tuesday, December 4 after Israel announced an operation against what it said were Hezbollah infiltration tunnels. (thedefensepost.com)
  • Hezbollah had not yet reacted and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon said they had increased patrols along the border, as Israeli bulldozers went to work. (thedefensepost.com)
  • Since 2006, UNIFIL patrols have periodically been subjected to Hezbollah roadside bombs in what quickly proved to be a successful effort to proactively discourage the organization from executing its charge. (tabletmag.com)
  • There is also an increase in Hezbollah patrols in that area, he said. (ifmat.org)
  • This mission, enshrined in U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701 (2006), was intended to prevent Hezbollah from rearming after a costly 34-day war that saw the organization rain down more than 100 rockets a day on the Jewish state. (tabletmag.com)
  • Today, it's believed Hezbollah possesses over 150,000 rockets and missiles, which it's actively upgrading to precision-guided munitions. (tabletmag.com)
  • Israel estimates Hezbollah has approximately 130,000 rockets in its arsenal, although rejects the group's claim that it has successfully acquired precision missiles. (aljazeera.com)
  • This morning Hezbollah launched tens of rockets on Israeli-controlled Shebaa Farms in retaliation for yesterday's Israeli airstrikes. (atfl.org)
  • They live close to the border with Lebanon and know that it will soon rain rockets again. (israeltoday.co.il)
  • The international force, which is deployed in southern Lebanon to separate Israel and Lebanon following several conflicts, announced that the Israeli Army had informed it of its intention to respond to the rockets fired from southern Lebanon before the explosions were heard in the vicinity of Tyre. (lbcgroup.tv)
  • On Thursday, an initial inquiry identified 34 rockets that were fired from Lebanon into Israel. (lbcgroup.tv)
  • The Security Council stalemate comes amid an escalating war of words between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon with each vowing to return the other to the 'stone age' and preparing for possible conflict even as they deny seeking one. (yahoo.com)
  • U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the Security Council in an Aug. 3 letter, seen by Reuters, that UNIFIL continued to face restrictions to its freedom of movement and delays in access to locations of interest. (yahoo.com)
  • According to U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 Second Lebanon War between the IDF and Hezbollah, the terrorist group is forbidden from operating near the frontier. (jns.org)
  • In a letter to the Security Council and U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres, Erdan warned that the "new reality on the Israel-Lebanon border points to a clear escalation that could ignite the entire region" and argued that the true objective of the posts is intelligence gathering. (jns.org)
  • The U.N. Secretary-General's Office has criticized Israel a number of times recently for the continued Air Force flights over Lebanon, arguing that this was a violation of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701, international law and Lebanese sovereignty. (israelbehindthenews.com)
  • United Nations officials warned that the continued Israeli flights would pose a problem for UNIFIL troops, which are in place to enforce U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701, and specifically so for the naval task force that is deployed off the Lebanese coast. (israelbehindthenews.com)
  • In its biannual reports to the Security Council, UNIFIL openly concedes its failure to interdict weapons destined for Hezbollah. (tabletmag.com)
  • Nikolay Mladenov told the Security Council that the UN peacekeeping mission known as UNIFIL has confirmed that two tunnels crossed the UN-drawn Blue Line between Lebanon and Israel, but "has not been granted access to the confirmed entry points of a tunnel near Kfar Kila on the Lebanese side. (alarabiya.net)
  • The Security Council resolution also calls for UNIFIL to be allowed unimpeded access to the UN-demarcated frontier between Israel and Lebanon. (palestina-komitee.nl)
  • The Security Council, because of the Americans, doesn't see what Israel is doing in Lebanon, its threats and infringements of sovereignty. (lorientlejour.com)
  • Earlier this month representatives from the 15 Security Council member states visited UNIFIL positions stationed along the Lebanese border. (ifmat.org)
  • The LCCC (Lebanese Canadian Coordinating Council) strongly denounces the Lebanese Government's unjust refusal to call off the Turkish Army's participation in the UN Peacekeeping forces (UNIFIL) mandated by the UN Security Council to deploy in South Lebanon in the aftermath of the devastating 34-day long Israeli-Hezbollah war. (eliasbejjaninews.com)
  • Hezbollah tunnels do not have exit points in Israel the top UN peace keeping official said yesterday during a briefing at Security Council. (middleeastmonitor.com)
  • Lacroix informed representatives that the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has deployed additional troops and liaison teams to sensitive locations along the Blue Line and that UNIFIL will continue to assist the parties to maintain calm and meet their obligations under Security Council Resolution 1701. (middleeastmonitor.com)
  • On the fatal night, Rooney and several other Irish soldiers with the peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, UNIFIL, were on their way from their base in the south to the Beirut airport. (gulfnews.com)
  • Additionally, some 700 French soldiers make up the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL), a UN peacekeeping mission in the south of the country. (nationalinterest.org)
  • The United Nations had hoped to increase its 4,500-strong U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) by 1,000 soldiers and deploy it along the border by July. (deseret.com)
  • On the Israeli side, nine people have died -- eight soldiers and one civilian, the army says. (yahoo.com)
  • Seventeen years after Hezbollah forces crossed into Israel, killed three soldiers, and sparked a devastating war, the group no longer bothers to hide its sprawling military presence in south Lebanon, on the border, and even across it. (washingtoninstitute.org)
  • Beirut sought a return to the terms of the 2021 renewal, under which the freedom of movement of soldiers in the UN Interim Force in Lebanon was more restricted than in 2022. (palestina-komitee.nl)
  • A bomb has killed three Spanish and three Colombian soldiers in UNIFIL. (blogspot.com)
  • In 2017, part of the negotiations that led to the departure of the jihadists from Lebanon to Syria included talks about the restitution of the remains of Lebanese soldiers and policemen who had been kidnapped in the area. (lorientlejour.com)
  • In the 1980s and 1990s, Irish soldiers preparing to deploy on UN service in Lebanon would have been aware of one grim fact: statistically one member of their battalion would not make it home. (arcpublishing.com)
  • Forty-seven Irish battalions deployed during the 23 years of Ireland's first Unifil deployment and 46 soldiers died. (arcpublishing.com)
  • The Israeli army has said it fired across the Lebanese border in retaliation after accusing Lebanese troops of gunning down one of its soldiers as he drove near the frontier. (aljazeera.com)
  • Israel appears increasingly concerned that Iran is attempting to transfer some of its military influence from Syria, where Russia is the government's top ally, to Lebanon. (thedefensepost.com)
  • Cohen accused Hezbollah, an Iranian ally, of threatening international peace and security with the extensive tunneling exposed by Israel, which has reported uncovering six tunnels into its territory. (alarabiya.net)
  • Additionally, Hezbollah's unequivocal support of the Assad regime during its continued violence against Syrians has already damaged its image among Sunni Arab supporters who tended to see Hezbollah as a force against Israel, rather than a pawn for Iran. (smallwarsjournal.com)
  • The Lebanese Army is not Hezbollah's quartermaster. (smallwarsjournal.com)
  • Lebanese forces acquiesce to Hezbollah's demands and have helped the group restrict UNIFIL's freedom of movement and access to Hezbollah strongholds. (nationalinterest.org)
  • This is part of the broader picture of Hezbollah's growing presence in southern Lebanon and yet another example of its ongoing hostile activity in the area," the letter continues. (jns.org)
  • These threats and violence, typically perpetrated by men in "civilian clothes," effectively denies UNIFIL access to Hezbollah's military sites in south Lebanon. (tabletmag.com)
  • Still, pictures of the bullet-ridden vehicle and the visible attempt to pry open the car's doors suggest the soldier was assassinated, in a clear message of Hezbollah's growing hostility toward UNIFIL. (tabletmag.com)
  • Hezbollah continued attacking targets in both Lebanon and northern Israel, including Israeli armed forces, South Lebanon Army militia and civilian areas. (wikipedia.org)
  • Over the past four months, Hezbollah - the Lebanese Shi'a militia which has repeatedly confronted Israel in armed clashes since its founding in the early 1980s - has grown increasingly bolder and dangerously overconfident. (timesofisrael.com)
  • Major General Yoel Strick of Israeli Army demanded from the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) to ensure the neutralization of the Hezbollah tunnel in Lebanese territory, which had been dug down in Israel. (eurasiantimes.com)
  • The problem is that as soon as Hezbollah builds a post like this, the Lebanese army and UNIFIL [the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon] no longer arrive [in the area]," the reports quoted a senior Israel Defense Forces Northern Command source as saying at the time. (jns.org)
  • French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu said Lebanon 'doesn't need a war' with Israel, during a visit on Thursday to his country's contingent in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). (yahoo.com)
  • The soldier had been serving in the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon, an organization established in 1978 to stabilize the frontier between Israel and its enemies across the Lebanese border-first the PLO, and then the Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah. (tabletmag.com)
  • In a statement issued after the Israeli strike on southern Lebanon, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) confirmed that both sides "do not want war" and called for de-escalation. (lbcgroup.tv)
  • These illicit activities are blatantly visible to all, as are UNIFIL's shrinking relevance and the Lebanese military's collaboration with Hezbollah. (washingtoninstitute.org)
  • We commend UNIFIL's work to keep the Blue Line under control, but it is unacceptable that the Lebanese government has not yet given UNIFIL access to the tunnel entrance on their side of the Blue Line," Cohen told the council. (alarabiya.net)
  • Hezbollah , the armed group that wields significant influence in south of the country, has faced accusations of impeding UNIFIL's access to the area. (palestina-komitee.nl)
  • The Turkish Parliament has made the participation of its troops in UNFIL conditional on not taking part in any assignment aiming to disarm Hezbollah. (eliasbejjaninews.com)
  • The Lebanese government and the army are under the obligation to disarm Hezbollah. (news-abc.com)
  • As AMCD advisor Dr. Walid Phares explained, "Under UNSCR 1559, the Lebanese government and the army are under the obligation to disarm Hezbollah. (news-abc.com)
  • In 2006, Israel and Hezbollah fought a devastating month-long war during which the Shiite group made extensive use of a network of tunnels to counter Israeli troops. (thedefensepost.com)
  • The same day, Israeli military spokesman Jonathan Conricus reported that the army launched the Northern Shield operation to search and destroy Hezbollah tunnels leading to Israel. (eurasiantimes.com)
  • The confirmation by the UN came a day after Lebanon said Israel presented no evidence to prove its claims of a network of attack tunnels allegedly built by Hezbollah. (aljazeera.com)
  • Israel has not detailed how many tunnels have been detected, although Conricus on Thursday said the army was working in three different areas along the border. (aljazeera.com)
  • Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon complained to the council that "the Lebanese army has taken no action in response, allowing Hezbollah to continue building these tunnels undisturbed. (alarabiya.net)
  • Speaking during a session held under the request of Israel, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, confirmed the existence of at least two tunnels crossing the "Blue Line" - the border demarcation between Lebanon and Israel - but they "do not appear thus far" to have exit points leading to the surface on Israeli territory. (middleeastmonitor.com)
  • Speaking in the chamber, the Permanent Representative of Lebanon, Amal Mudallali, told Council members that her government was taking the discovery of the tunnels very seriously and assured them that her country was not responsible for any violations. (middleeastmonitor.com)
  • There are fears too of regional overspill to the Gaza war, including in Lebanon where the Israeli army and Iranian-backed Hezbollah group have been exchanging fire. (yahoo.com)
  • The Israeli army and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group in Lebanon have been exchanging fire on a daily basis since the start of the Gaza conflict three weeks ago. (yahoo.com)
  • Also on Thursday evening, the United States expressed deep concern over the escalating violence in Lebanon, Jerusalem, and Gaza, urging all parties involved to exercise restraint and avoid further escalation. (lbcgroup.tv)
  • Israeli officials had reported that the security cabinet was expected to approve a military response in both Gaza and Lebanon. (lbcgroup.tv)
  • Second, there must be a credible solution to the Palestinian refugee problem in southern Lebanon. (smallwarsjournal.com)
  • On March 13, an armed Palestinian aligned with Hezbollah sneaked across the Israeli border and blew up a car at the Megiddo junction. (timesofisrael.com)
  • US Senator Chris Van Hollen called on Monday for declassifying a government report on the death of Al Jazeera's Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American journalist who was shot and killed while covering an Israeli army raid last year. (a24now.com)
  • The Beirut government has said it would only approve the deployment of UNIFIL and its own army to the border after Israel removed all violations. (deseret.com)
  • Kim Ghattas explains the state of recovery and why efforts to reform Lebanon have so far failed one year after the Beirut blast. (atfl.org)
  • The incident happened when a truck carrying weapons and ammunition destined for Hezbollah in the suburbs of Beirut, after having passed through a checkpoint staffed by the Lebanese Army, overturned, prompting the villagers to investigate. (news-abc.com)
  • UNIFIL will report directly to U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan. (deseret.com)
  • As Kofi Annan sings the praises of UNIFIL, even P5 Ambassadors are excluded from the table, in favor of their bosses, led by Condoleeza Rice (who, reporters snarked at the stakeout, had changed outfits and looked troublingly doll-like as she entered). (innercitypress.com)
  • In December, an Irish peacekeeper was killed when his UNIFIL vehicle came under fire in southern Lebanon. (yahoo.com)
  • In late December, an Irish peacekeeper was killed in Lebanon. (tabletmag.com)
  • There is little doubt that Hezbollah was responsible for the peacekeeper's death. (tabletmag.com)
  • Hezbollah gained its moniker as "the Resistance" among its supporters by fighting Israeli troops, who occupied southern Lebanon until 2000. (thedefensepost.com)
  • When the Israeli army unilaterally withdrew from southern Lebanon in 2000, the United Nations demarcated the Blue Line as a temporary border and ruled that Ghajar's northern and southern section were respectively in Lebanon and Israel. (timesofisrael.com)
  • Most Lebanese, including the younger generations, have repetitively heard the official story of the "liberation of the south by Hezbollah" in May 2000, a "coup" that prompted the Lebanon-based Khomeinist organization to seize power across the land and throughout the country's institutions. (hnn.us)
  • The benchmark of May 2000 provided Hezbollah with the foundation from which to take the ultimate leap to dominate Lebanon and, despite the brief Cedars Revolution of 2005, to intervene in Syria starting in 2011. (hnn.us)
  • What follows will reveal just a few pieces of what lies beneath, appropriate for this 15th commemoration of the May 2000 events in south Lebanon. (hnn.us)
  • Lebanese officials have repeatedly declared their respect for the Blue Line-the boundary defined by the UN in June 2000 after Israel withdrew from south Lebanon. (washingtoninstitute.org)
  • Hezbollah calls the departure of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon in 2000 ''the first liberation. (lorientlejour.com)
  • There is a high risk that any military equipment supplied to the Lebanese army will make its way to the terrorist group Hezbollah or its master, Iran. (nationalinterest.org)
  • For many years, Shia Islam has been synonymous with the ideological resistance to Western imperialism in the Middle East: Iran itself, several factions inside Iraq, and Hezbollah, among others. (countercurrents.org)
  • Syria's border with Lebanon is essential for transporting arms from Iran to Hezbollah. (smallwarsjournal.com)
  • The clashes came as skirmishes between the Iran-backed group and Israeli military continue to intensify along the Lebanon-Israel border, threatening to escalate into another front in the Mideast's latest war. (arkansasonline.com)
  • Danon alleged that Iran funnels $7 billion to militant groups across the region, including $1 billion to Hezbollah, which he said has "grand plans to take over the Israeli Galilee" and invests millions in every tunnel. (alarabiya.net)
  • Another indication both Israel and Iran are preparing for war is detectable in Lebanon. (israelnationalnews.com)
  • A former Syrian general who headed the chemical weapons program of Assad's army this week disclosed Iran and Syria have supplied chemical weapons to Hezbollah. (israelnationalnews.com)
  • Iran is pressing its proxy group Hezbollah to attack Israel along its northern border, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, as he urged him to ensure that the organization's peacekeeping force is empowered to monitor the situation. (ifmat.org)
  • The official, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with regulations, alleged all five are linked to Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. (gulfnews.com)
  • By supplying the LAF with APCs, Paris is providing Hezbollah with military equipment that the militant group could use against Israel if Hezbollah decides to attack. (nationalinterest.org)
  • Military equipment would only be useful in confronting Hezbollah if the LAF had the courage or power to face the much more powerful militant group. (nationalinterest.org)
  • The Israeli military Sunday night shared an aerial video showing strikes on what it said was Hezbollah militant infrastructure, including a "military compound with a warehouse of weapons and military infrastructure. (arkansasonline.com)
  • Hezbollah has denied any role in the killing, and a spokesperson for the group declined to comment on the indictments on Thursday. (gulfnews.com)
  • The Israeli military said it provided UNIFIL with a map of the area around Ramieh village on which houses were marked which are "connected to another attack tunnel that has been dug from Lebanon into Israel", army spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus said. (aljazeera.com)
  • Two security sources in Lebanon said it was the first time Hezbollah had announced downing an Israeli drone. (yahoo.com)
  • The head of the northern command of the Israeli Army also conveyed a strong protest to UNIFIL against the violation of Israeli sovereignty in order to damage its civilian population. (eurasiantimes.com)
  • A foreign armed force moving around Lebanon without agreement with the army is an attack on our sovereignty. (lorientlejour.com)
  • The assault came as Hezbollah carried out a drone attack on an Israeli barracks in the disputed Shebaa Farms area, the group said in a statement. (yahoo.com)
  • Hariri pointed out that Israel still occupies parts of Lebanon, namely the Shebaa Farms. (middleeastmonitor.com)
  • Middle East events, particularly in Syria, are impacting Lebanon. (smallwarsjournal.com)
  • Additionally, others worried that the Arab League suspension of Syria and the U.S. Spy-Gate catastrophe , in which Hezbollah apparently rolled up a network of CIA informants, would cause disruption. (smallwarsjournal.com)
  • Two days later, Hezbollah mobilized 1,500 of its troops from Syria to Lebanon. (nationalinterest.org)
  • Peretz noted that Syria had renewed the flow of weapons to Hezbollah and that Israel has begun to collect evidence to prove the Syrian activity on this matter. (israelbehindthenews.com)
  • A Hezbollah official and a Lebanese security official said the seven fighters were killed in neighboring Syria Friday morning. (arkansasonline.com)
  • At the end of the fighting, Hezbollah had succeeded in dislodging the jihadists from the areas they controlled and had reached an agreement for them to be evacuated from Lebanon to Syria. (lorientlejour.com)
  • Israeli cabinet will engage in intelligence and operational reviews of the northern arena - Syria and Lebanon, according to a senior Israeli official. (liveuamap.com)
  • Aoun's threat was related to mounting tensions between Lebanon and Israel over additional security measures the IDF is currently undertaking near the Lebanese border and a dispute over a gas field which straddles the maritime border between the two countries. (israelnationalnews.com)
  • Israeli officials announced Operation Grapes of Wrath on 11 April as a retaliatory and preventative action for Hezbollah shelling, which had injured six Israeli civilians. (wikipedia.org)
  • In a rare public intervention in an ongoing conflict the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) flatly condemned the Israeli attack on Qana and further stated: The ICRC draws attention to the fact that there are still almost 60,000 civilians in the areas of southern Lebanon where military operations are taking place. (wikipedia.org)
  • The orders to evacuate an entire region - in this case contrary to international humanitarian law - issued to the inhabitants of villages in southern Lebanon, do not exempt Israel from the obligation to respect the civilians still on the spot. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Lebanese don't report any dead Hizbollah, only that, "nearly a thousand civilians have been killed. (blogspot.com)
  • The assault was the most serious incident involving civilians along the Lebanon-Israel border since an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon on Nov. 5 killed a woman and three children. (arkansasonline.com)
  • He also said Assad had transferred a large part of his chemical weapons stockpile to Hezbollah ahead of international inspections which took place after Assad gassed thousands of Syrian civilians during the first period of the Syrian civil war. (israelnationalnews.com)
  • Hezbollah forces also participated in numerous engagements with Israeli and South Lebanon Army forces. (wikipedia.org)
  • In the early morning of 11 April, Israeli aircraft and artillery began an intensive bombardment of Shiite villages in South Lebanon. (wikipedia.org)
  • Israel issued warnings, in leaflets dropped from the air and through the radio station of the South Lebanon Army (SLA), to the inhabitants of 44 (later extended to 88) south Lebanese villages to evacuate their homes before 2:30 PM the following day. (wikipedia.org)
  • After an Israeli attack on an ambulance in South Lebanon, Israeli government spokesman Uri Dromi declared that "We gave the residents advance warning to clear out so as not to get hurt. (wikipedia.org)
  • #UNIFIL statement today on activities south of the Blue Line & the situation remaining overall calm as UNIFIL and @LebarmyOfficial continue to patrol the area south of the Litani river in south #Lebanon ? (thedefensepost.com)
  • Army Gen. Amin Hteit told reporters while touring the border area with a U.N. team that Israel had removed two violations along the line the United Nations drafted last month to verify the Jewish state's withdrawal from south Lebanon. (deseret.com)
  • The Jewish state ended its 22-year occupation of south Lebanon in May. (deseret.com)
  • In the wake of the 2006 war, Resolution 1701 sought to prevent future hostilities by removing the main condition that led to the conflict: the presence of Hezbollah forces in south Lebanon. (washingtoninstitute.org)
  • UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A planned United Nations vote on Wednesday to renew approval for a peacekeeping mission in Lebanon has been delayed as France, the United States and the United Arab Emirates argue over the freedom of movement of U.N. troops, diplomats said. (yahoo.com)
  • Israel rejected the offer that was made by the United States and a European country whose troops are deployed in Lebanon to accept satellite images instead. (israelbehindthenews.com)
  • The Israeli army said the soldier was shot by Lebanese troops as he was driving a civilian vehicle along a section of the border close to the Mediterranean coast. (aljazeera.com)
  • So the Israelis, who have vowed to clear a "buffer zone" to the Litani River about 20 Kilometers into Lebanon are, after a month of bombing the crap out of the Lebanese civilian population, still fighting and dying miles away from their objective. (blogspot.com)
  • AMCD Condemns Hezbollah Shooting of Lebanese Christian Civilian and Calls for Implementation of UNSC Res. (news-abc.com)
  • Bloomberg ] UNIFIL has called for an immediate ceasefire and is working with the LAF to strengthen security measures. (atfl.org)
  • Army units deployed in the area are carrying out their usual missions along the border in cooperation and coordination with UNIFIL," it said. (thedefensepost.com)
  • Without some lethal weapon capabilities the Army will never be in a position to secure its border as any sovereign state should be able to do. (smallwarsjournal.com)
  • Although Israel and Lebanon demarcated a maritime border last year, they have never negotiated a land border and remain in a technical state of war. (timesofisrael.com)
  • On July 16, the commander of the army's Northern Command, Uri Gordon, told mayors of towns near the Lebanese border that the chances of a war with Hezbollah are low, but the border incidents have been worrisome. (timesofisrael.com)
  • On Sunday, the United Nations' Lebanon peacekeeping force UNIFIL said one of its members was injured after shells hit the mission's base near Houla on the Lebanese-Israeli border the day before. (yahoo.com)
  • The drone was hit near Khiam, about 5 km (3 miles) from the border with Israel, and was seen falling in Israeli territory, Hezbollah added. (yahoo.com)
  • The Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorist organization has built more than 20 observation and guard posts along the Israel-Lebanon border over the past year. (jns.org)
  • Israeli media reported in June that Hezbollah had built 15 outposts on the Israeli border, with each such site containing an outlook position or tower, two to three housing units and storage facilities. (jns.org)
  • Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan demanded in July that the U.N. take action against Hezbollah over military posts the group had recently erected along the border. (jns.org)
  • Hezbollah first fired antitank missiles at an Israeli community just over the border on Sunday, Israeli officials said, badly wounding utility workers. (arkansasonline.com)
  • The Israeli army isolated the area adjacent to the border Lebanon . (hardwoodparoxysm.com)
  • Smoke after an Israeli army bombardment on the village of Aita al-Shaab, near the Lebanese-Israeli border. (hardwoodparoxysm.com)
  • Following border escalations, residents of one village in southern Lebanon halted Hezbollah members on their way back from a launch site and seized a truck mounted with rocket launchers. (atfl.org)
  • The role of UNIFIL has been a cause of debate on both sides of the border. (palestina-komitee.nl)
  • The reality today is that Hezbollah is on the border and southern Lebanon is full of weapons. (palestina-komitee.nl)
  • Viewpoint on the border between Israel and Lebanon, northern Israel. (israeltoday.co.il)
  • UNIFIL has already left southern Lebanon, and residents of Israeli towns near the border have received a message telling them to evacuate their homes. (israeltoday.co.il)
  • There is concern in Israel that the increase in border friction is reminiscent of the type of hostility that occurred prior to the outbreak of the second Lebanon War in 2006. (ifmat.org)
  • US senior security adviser Amos Hochstein is due to arrive in Lebanon this week and is expected to visit the border region where UNIFIL is stationed. (ifmat.org)
  • After the incident, we reached the area to conduct searches as part of the investigation, and saw two suspects on the other side of the border," army spokesman Major Arye Shalicar told AFP news agency. (aljazeera.com)
  • Hezbollah responded by launching 20 missiles into northern Israel and the IDF acknowledged the attack as a mistake. (wikipedia.org)
  • A roadside bomb explosion that caused the death of a 14-year-old Lebanese boy and injury of three others in the village of Barashit was cited by Hezbollah as the reason for firing 30 missiles into northern Israel on 9 April. (wikipedia.org)
  • Hezbollah said that at 3:30 pm (1330 GMT), its fighters 'simultaneously attacked 19 Zionist military positions' with guided missiles and artillery shells. (yahoo.com)
  • Hezbollah said it launched guided missiles against a "logistical force belonging to the occupation army that was about to install transmission poles and eavesdropping and spying devices near the Dovev barracks. (arkansasonline.com)
  • Sources close to Hezbollah confirmed that three missiles were launched by Israeli warplanes in open areas in the vicinity of the Klayleh and Rashidieh camp before leaving Lebanese airspace. (lbcgroup.tv)
  • The NSC further stressed that those who use Lebanon as a base for launching missiles against Israel are endangering the Lebanese people and increasing the potential for destabilization in the country. (lbcgroup.tv)
  • Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in these articles are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the position of the American Task Force on Lebanon, a non-profit, nonpartisan leadership organization of Lebanese-Americans. (atfl.org)
  • There is also a tug-of-war over the removal of a point from the renewal resolution approved last year that Hezbollah strongly dislikes: Article 16, which grants permission to the UN force to carry out its mission ''without prior authorization'' and ''independently'' of the Lebanese Army. (lorientlejour.com)
  • Hezbollah, on the other hand, is not a foreign force. (lorientlejour.com)
  • He urged the international community to force Israel into abiding by Resolution 1701, which it continues to violate mainly through overflights in Lebanon. (middleeastmonitor.com)
  • Earlier Thursday, Hezbollah said it had downed an Israeli drone with a surface-to-air missile, the second such claim in days. (yahoo.com)
  • There was no official reaction from the Lebanese army to the incident, although it issued a statement on Monday saying an Israeli drone had violated Lebanese airspace in the same area. (aljazeera.com)
  • The head of the northern command provided the head of UNIFIL with visual data on the Shiite village of Ramie, highlighting a group of buildings that are being dug through another tunnel into Israeli territory, and demanded that UNIFIL should ensure that it is neutralized. (eurasiantimes.com)
  • The Israeli military said in response it targeted the group with a 'broad assault', in which 'warplanes and helicopters' attacked Hezbollah targets. (yahoo.com)
  • The attack took place in a Hezbollah stronghold, although the group denies any involvement. (palestina-komitee.nl)
  • The incident jarred the relatively stable standoff between the two neighbours, which last saw major hostilities in the 2006 war between Israel and the armed Lebanese Shia group, Hezbollah. (aljazeera.com)
  • I strongly suggest that the Pentagon and UNIFIL observers oversee such a security operation," he added. (news-abc.com)
  • Deployment of UNIFIL and the Lebanese army would help ensure stability along the volatile frontier, which is effectively controlled by the Hizbollah guerrillas who fought Israel. (deseret.com)
  • In response to the group's growing presence along this frontier, the IDF began constructing a robust ground barrier that has since reached Mount Dov, spurring Hezbollah-encouraged protests from residents of nearby villages. (washingtoninstitute.org)
  • U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein conferred with Lebanese government officials, and under pressure, Hezbollah removed one of the tents earlier this month. (timesofisrael.com)
  • Senior Israeli political officials said that, until the embargo was enforced, Israel would continue to fly over Lebanon. (israelbehindthenews.com)
  • While Israel did succeed in ousting the PLO from Lebanon, armed insurgency by radical Shia organizations emerged in the region. (wikipedia.org)
  • But 'fighting for their countries' could prove lethal, as Netanyahu threatened to attack Lebanon as a whole, if Hezbollah decides to retaliate. (countercurrents.org)
  • Israeli foreign ministry instructed Israeli ambassadors to convey a message to host governments that Israel is going to retaliate to the rocket fire from Lebanon. (liveuamap.com)
  • UNIFIL says it found tunnel, allegedly dug by Hezbollah, near Metula in northern Israel. (aljazeera.com)
  • Those concerned believe a stronger and more capable Lebanese Army reliant on US weapons but under the sway of Hezbollah could complicate any Israeli reaction to future Hezbollah aggression. (smallwarsjournal.com)
  • U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield said talks were continuing and that the United States wanted a resolution 'that strengthens UNIFIL and provides UNIFIL with what it needs to continue to operate effectively. (yahoo.com)
  • That has sparked friction with Hezbollah, which effectively controls southern Lebanon despite the presence of the Lebanese army. (yahoo.com)
  • August 8, 2006: News service Reuters has taken 920 photos, supplied by one of its freelancers (Adnan Hajj) in Lebanon, from its database, after several online communities (people on discussion groups associated with blogs) noted that one, than several more, of Haij's photos had been altered. (blogspot.com)
  • Lecornu said the shipment of APCs was vital for the Lebanese Army so it could better coordinate with UNIFIL. (nationalinterest.org)
  • Former Lebanese president and Maronite Christian, Michel Suleiman, stated that Hezbollah "does not consider the army and the people (represented by the state with its president and government) as equal to it, but it asks them to support its steps and decisions without even having to coordinate with them before acting. (news-abc.com)
  • Israel is using the fight against Hezbollah and against Iranian-allied positions to justify bombing various countries in the region. (countercurrents.org)
  • It is important to note that between 1985 and 1999, not an inch of land was gained by Syro-Iranian backed Hezbollah or lost by the Israeli-backed SLA. (hnn.us)
  • None, except a couple of engagements launched by Hezbollah against SLA positions a week before and which were decisively lost by the pro-Iranian Jihadists. (hnn.us)
  • And it has political consequences: the basic assumption that antisemitism in the Arab-Islamic world is merely a response to Israel and can therefore be downplayed as a kind of local custom is one of the foundations of German and European Middle East policy and may be one of the reasons why the latter refuses to decisively combat the Jew-hatred of, for example, Hezbollah and the Iranian regime. (blogspot.com)
  • The big news story of the day concerns an alliance between Hezbollah and narco-traffickers in Latin America. (blogspot.com)
  • Hezbollah invested money in the cocaine ring, and used the profits to buy weapons, also from Latin America. (blogspot.com)