A Lebanese source said that ‘UNIFIL’s planned drawdown leaves the south at risk of a deterrence vacuum the LAF is not equipped to fill. ’ Israeli strikes in recent days have killed Hezbollah members in multiple parts of Lebanon,

The shooting down of an Israeli drone by soldiers of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) near the Lebanese border town of Kfar Kila has snowballed into a major controversy. The incident on October 26,

It flew 'aggressively' over patrol; Israeli army used 2nd drone to drop grenade on area where 1st came down to prevent people nearing it

US envoy Morgan Ortagus is in Beirut to push a disarmament track for Hezbollah under the 2024 truce framework, part of a pivot toward direct US channels as UN options fray. The strategic stakes are blunt.

Statement on grenade attack on peacekeepers: This afternoon, at about 5:45 p.m., an Israeli drone came close to a UNIFIL patrol operating near Kfar Kila and dropped a grenade.

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On UNIFIL and the LAF, Zisser was blunt: “UNIFIL has less than a year; it will go. Nobody regards it as effective or as a player. It doesn’t disturb and it doesn’t contribute; it has no meaning and is generally ignored,” he noted.

A UN peacekeeping unit (UNIFIL) in southern Lebanon shot down an Israeli military drone during a surveillance mission over Kafr Kila. UNIFIL claimed the drone flew aggressively near its patrol, prompting defensive fire.

An Israeli military drone was shot down by the UN Interim Force in Lebanon during a routine surveillance mission in the Kafr Kila area yesterday. According to the IDF, the drone had posed no threat to the UNIFIL observers, who opened fire on the device and downed it.