) Israel National News Oct 21, 2024 (
Recently-captured Hezbollah terrorists have testified that the terror
group paid money to UNIFIL in exchange for use of their positions in southern
Lebanon, Israel Hayom reported, quoting security sources.
According to sources familiar with the matter, Hezbollah took over UNIFIL
cameras in areas near the Lebanon-Israel border, and made use of them.
The report added that in light of these revelations, any future agreement
with Lebanon will demand more of a commitment from the Lebanese army and less
from UNIFIL.
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was established in 1978 to confirm both Hezbollah and Israeli cooperation with several
resolutions intended to bring an end to Operation Litani, an invasion of
Lebanon targeting the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). The force was
made of troop contributions from multiple UN states.
UNIFIL claims that its original mandate was to "confirm the
withdrawal of Israeli forces, restore international peace and security, and
assist the Government of Lebanon in ensuring the return of its effective
authority in the area." It was also expected to encourage the disarmament
of Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Its mandate has been reaffirmed repeatedly by the UN following various
Israeli offensives into Lebanon, and expanded to include the execution of
humanitarian aid tasks.
Since the end of the 2006 Second Lebanon War, UNIFIL's role has focused
on monitoring military activity of all parties between the Litani and the Blue
Line. Its role allegedly includes preventing arms smuggling, and executing
humanitarian tasks, including assisting the displaced and clearing unexploded
ordnance. Hezbollah built up an arsenal of 150,000 rockets and missiles during
this period without interference from UNIFIL.
2 comments:
tobuild an arsenal of 150,000 rockets...and we were not aware of it? Barry
Of course we were aware of the size of the arsenal, their locations, their manpower etc. Do you not think it amazing that in less that 3 weeks, once a government decision was made, that the IDF destroyed, it is claimed, 70% of Hezbollah's assets.
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