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On Wednesday morning, UN peacekeepers reported shots fired at their post near Kfar Shouba along the Lebanon-Israel border, with no casualties. The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is investigating the incident and warns that such attacks endanger peacekeeper lives. With Israel pushing for the end of UNIFIL’s mandate by December 31 under pressure from the US, the mission remains crucial to maintaining a buffer zone between Israeli and Hezbollah forces along the volatile border.
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On Wednesday morning, UNIFIL reported that their post near Kfar Shouba along the Blue Line in southern Lebanon was targeted by small arms fire from the Israeli border, with no casualties. UNIFIL stated that such deliberate attacks endanger peacekeepers' lives and are currently investigating the incident. The tension between Israel and UNIFIL has escalated since October 7, 2023, when Hamas attacked Israel, leading to ongoing conflict. Under pressure from the United States and Israel, the UN Security Council decided in early 2024 to end UNIFIL's mandate on December 31, 2024. UNIFIL was originally established after Israel’s 1978 invasion of Lebanon to oversee troop withdrawal and has been renewed annually since then, with its mission expanded following the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah.
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The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) says one of its posts on the Lebanon-Israel border was targeted by small arms fire, with no casualties reported.
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The UN force said the incident occurred on Wednesday morning with several rounds of small arms fire targeting a UNIFIL position near Kfar Shouba along the UN-drawn border with Israel, known as the Blue Line.
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“Such deliberate attacks gravely endanger the lives of peacekeepers,” UNIFIL said in a statement, adding that it was investigating the incident.
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it → endanger → incident
Under pressure from the United States and Israel, the UN Security Council decided earlier this year to set December 31 as the end of the mandate for the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon.
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UNIFIL was initially created to oversee the withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon after Israel’s 1978 invasion, and its mandate has been renewed annually since then.
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The mission was expanded after the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah.
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Proponents say it remains important to maintaining a demilitarised buffer between the two sides along the volatile Israeli and Lebanese border.
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Israel has long accused UNIFIL of failing to prevent threats posed by Hezbollah and has increasingly pushed for the end of its mission since cross-border fighting escalated in the wake of the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks on Israel and the start of Israel’s war on Gaza.
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UNIFIL currently has 7,500 peacekeepers from around 50 countries operating in Southern Lebanon.
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Last month, Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam pressed the UN on the need to “avert the vacuum” that would be caused by withdrawing the mission from the country’s south without a viable replacement.
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Violence has decreased since a ceasefire following a June memorandum of understanding in the US-Iran war.
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Lebanon and Israel concluded a US-sponsored framework agreement later that month.
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Lebanon → conclude → agreement
The Israel-Lebanon deal involves the disarmament of Hezbollah, a gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon’s south and the deployment of the Lebanese army to the region, starting in test areas known as “pilot zones”.
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