Will the UN act against Lebanon? Or just condemn Israel?
“Prodded by Jerusalem, UN confirms Hezbollah has set up outpost in Israeli territory,” Times of Israel, June 24, 2023 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
The UN peacekeeping mission on the Israeli-Lebanese border has confirmed, following Israeli pressure, that operatives of the Hezbollah terror group have established an outpost within Israeli territory.
According to Kan news, which originally reported on the Iranian proxy’s armed presence inside Israel proper, the IDF approached UNIFIL regarding the matter some time ago, but the watchdog only came to the site following diplomatic pressure from Israel at UN Headquarters.
Upon inspection, UNIFIL confirmed that tents set up and manned by Hezbollah have indeed been established on the Israeli side of the internationally recognized Blue Line in the contested Mount Dov region, an area claimed by Israel, Lebanon and Syria and also known as the Shebaa Farms.
In a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the UN Security Council, Israel’s Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan wrote that Hezbollah’s actions constitute a violation of UN Resolution 1701, enacted following the end of the Second Lebanon War in 2006 and ratified by both countries. The resolution calls for armed groups besides the official Lebanese military and UNIFIL to remain north of the country’s Litani River.
The letter also contained photographs of the Lebanese position in Israel.
Furthermore, the former public security minister noted that Hezbollah has built 27 outposts along the Blue Line over the past year, and that he expects the UN to take action on the matter, as these positions also violate Resolution 1701….
zeca says
UNIFIL is blind for Hizballah violations like the outposts and the sofisticate attack tunnels discovered and destroyed by Israel some years ago. Hizballah is massively present in Israel borders with Lebanon and also Syria after the Civil War.
UNIFIL staff is afraid of and cooperate with Hizballah in its blatant violations of the mentioned agreement.
When Israel will be forced to defend himself attacking preemptively Hizballah, let’s wait for the usual condemnations from UN, EU and Biden administration.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Instead of just sending UNIFIL notices, IDF should just destroy the outpost and seize anyone within it, and deal w/ Hizbullah directly. UNIFIL or the UN may protest, but since all that is happening within Israeli territory, Jerusalem should tell them that it’s an internal affair of Israel and none of their business