The strikes come in the midst of a revolving Israeli offensive in Gaza and continuous violations of Security council Resolution 1701 by both Israeli troops and Hezbollah militants. The last stopping the Agreement for Hostilities between the two parties was signed last November.
Since its founding, Unifil has played an important role in promoting peace and safety in South Libanon.
The ‘Blue Helmets’ of the mission are obliged to help the parties in the conflict with their implementation of Resolution 1701who put an end in 2006 the hostilities between Israeli troops and Hezbollah.
Call for de-escalation
‘We are once again instructed to remember the parties of all activities that can endanger the termination of hostilities and we remain dedicated to supporting the parties To implement the resolution of the Security Council 1701, ”said spokesman Stéphane Dujarric at a press conference on Friday during a press conference.
In rack On Friday, Unifil said that the Israeli strikes “have built the fragile stability that has been in danger since November last year” and that they “undermine the confidence of the citizens that a non-violent solution is possible.
Last November had the UN welcomed The Stakes -Fire Agreement reached between the two parties.
The explanation repeated that Unifil and the Lebanese army work to restore stability in the south and along the 120 km “Blue Line” between South Libanon and North Israel.
‘UN -Peaceful enforcers and citizens in danger’
According to the statement, peace -enforcers are stationed in Deir Kifa, near Burj Qalawieh in the south, to shelters for safety, follow strikes on Thursday evening. “The strikes put the lives of Lebanese soldiers, UN passmen and civilians in danger.”
“We call on the Israel Defense Forces to refrain from further strikes and completely withdraw from Lebanese territory,” Unifil wrote. “We also call on all parties to prevent further violations or escalating actions.”
The mission emphasized that “constant escalation makes the hard progress that the parties have made to jeopardize stability.”
UN -peace -and -enforcers continue to observe IDF activities in the working area of the mission, Mr Dujarric told reporters during the regular afternoon briefing on Friday.
They found a land mine and other non -deflected devices, while individually found a Unifil patrouille an unguarded weapon cache and reported it to the Lebanese forces, he said.
Unifil was founded in 1978 to confirm the withdrawal of Israeli troops from South Libanon. Since the approval of the resolution 1701, Unifil also keeps the termination of hostilities and is expanding help to help, among other things, to guarantee humanitarian access.
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