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UNIFIL

Smoke rises from a village in Southern Lebanon, as seen from the Israeli side of the border, Dec. 5, 2024. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.

IDF targets Hezbollah terrorists as Lebanese army deploys

U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein reportedly assured Beirut that Israeli forces will fully withdraw from Lebanon by Jan. 26.

JNS Staff

Jan. 12, 2025

The international Israel-Lebanon ceasefire monitoring mechanism led by U.S. Maj. Gen. Jasper Jeffers observes Lebanese Armed Forces 5th Brigade operations in southwest Lebanon on Jan. 7, 2025. Credit: U.S. Embassy in Lebanon.

US, French generals view seized Hezbollah weapons during LAF visit

U.S. Maj. Gen. Jasper Jeffers praised the Lebanese Armed Forces, particularly commending the engineer corps for safely handling unexploded ordnance.

Joshua Marks

Jan. 8, 2025

A UNIFIL base in Southern Lebanon near the border with Israel, on Nov. 28, 2024. Photo by Ayal Margolin/Flash90.

Reward UNIFIL’s epic failure and corruption in Lebanon by shutting it down

Given UNIFIL’s shameful failure to prevent Hezbollah from arming and occupying Southern Lebanon last week’s ceasefire seems bound to collapse.

James Sinkinson

Dec. 4, 2024

Soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces working on the Israeli border with Lebanon on Dec. 1, 2024. Photo by Ayal Margolin/Flash90.

A fundamental reset in the approach to Hezbollah

Any ceasefire deal should be the beginning, not the end, of a sustained pressure campaign to inflict a fatal U.S.-Israel blow to Iran’s axis of resistance.

Colin Kilrain and Yoni Tobin

Dec. 2, 2024

U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon vehicles patrol in the Marjayoun district, near the border with Israel, Nov. 29, 2024. Photo by AFP via Getty Images.

‘The ceasefire is shaky, like all things in Lebanon’

The arrangement is fragile, and Hezbollah's intentions of keeping to it are in doubt, Professor Eyal Zisser tells JNS.

Yaakov Lappin

Nov. 29, 2024

Peacekeepers from Italy serving with United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL) on a foot patrol with the Lebanese Armed Forces along the Blue Line in south Lebanon, July 11, 2024. Credit: U.N. Photo.

The United Nations and ICC are at war with Israel

If defending your country and its citizens from sexual violence, beheadings and kidnapping is now considered a war crime, then the term means nothing.

Jake Donnelly

Nov. 28, 2024

Spanish UNIFIL peacekeepers leave U.N. Post 7-2 for an evening patrol in the vicinity of Blat in southern Lebanon, Oct. 1, 2019. Credit: Pasqual Gorriz/U.N.

Four Lebanon peacekeepers wounded by Hezbollah rockets

Rockets launched by the Iranian proxy hit two UNIFIL bases in Southern Lebanon • Italy's defense minister initially blamed Israel for one of the attacks.

Nov. 20, 2024

Nepalese soldiers serving with UNIFIL chatting with two young Lebanese boys outside UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura, April 27, 1978. Credit: John Isaac/U.N. Photo.

Argentina reportedly pulling troops out of UN force in Lebanon

A UNIFIL spokesman appeared to confirm reporting that Argentinian President Javier Milei decided to exit the U.N. mission on Nov. 1.

Nov. 19, 2024

Blue helmets and bulletproof vests belonging to peacekeepers serving with United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL), Feb. 21, 2024. Credit: Pasqual Gorriz/U.N. Photo.

UNIFIL draws criticism for blaming ‘non-state’ actors without naming Hezbollah

“UNIFIL has a hard time saying who the armed people denying them freedom of movement might be. Hezbollah,” wrote Matthew Levitt, of the Washington Institute.

Mike Wagenheim

Nov. 18, 2024