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    قوة الأمم المتحدة المؤقتة في لبنان, Hebrew: כוח האו"ם הזמני בלבנון), or UNIFIL (Arabic: يونيفيل, Hebrew: יוניפי״ל), is a United Nations peacekeeping mission...
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    Lebanon (UNIFIL) forces deploying to southern Lebanon, and the disarmament of armed groups including Hezbollah, with no armed forces other than UNIFIL and...
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  • Lebanon. Since March 23, 1978, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has been headquartered in Naqoura. According to E. H. Palmer (1881), the...
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    Security Council and NATO set up the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) as a peacekeeping force to supervise the situation in Southern Lebanon...
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    was directly within UNIFIL's area of operation, enveloped multiple UNIFIL positions, and Israeli policy made it impossible for UNIFIL positions to be evacuated...
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  • its side of the Blue Line. The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) confirmed Israel's position, adding that Israel had informed them of the...
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  • peacekeeping soldiers serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) were shot by the South Lebanon Army also known as the DFF, near At Tiri...
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    (UNIFIL) access. Israel continues to occupy Ghajar and an adjacent area, and has repeatedly breached Lebanese airspace, waters, and borders. UNIFIL reports...
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    from Lebanon and established the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). Israel launched a second invasion of Lebanon in 1982. Though it took the...
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    inaugurated its Good Fence policy. The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was created after the incursion, following the adoption of Security Council...
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    voted to extend the mandate of United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) until 31 August 2025. All fifteen members of the Council voted unanimously...
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    there between 1100 and 1200 hours that day, but no action was taken by UNIFIL personnel to remove it. (On 15 April, a Fijian had been shot in the chest...
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    Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) described the situation as "extremely serious" and urged restraint. It said UNIFIL chief Aroldo Lazaro was in contact...
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    mission and force commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). Beary is the current leader of the UN Mission to Support the Hodeidah...
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  • entrance to a UNIFIL post in Ramyah and forcibly entered the area. A few hours later, the IDF fired rounds nearby, causing injuries to 15 UNIFIL peacekeepers...
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    under UNFICYP; two in the Middle East under UNTSO; 47 in Lebanon under UNIFIL; one in East Timor under UNTAET; one in Liberia under UNMIL and two in Europe...
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    by Palestinian militants. The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was created after the incursion, following the adoption of United Nations...
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    fire at three UNIFIL positions in south Lebanon, including UNIFIL's main base at Naqoura. The following day an IDF tank fired at the UNIFIL observation...
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    the Lebanese Army, using Sikorsky S-61 helicopters, the Lebanese Navy and UNIFIL troops. On 7 February, Lebanese Army divers recovered the plane's flight...
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    mandate force UNIFIL. The Irish battalion consisted of 580 personnel which were rotated every six months, plus almost 100 others in UNIFIL headquarters...
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    from Lebanon and established the United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL). It was adopted by 12 votes to none; Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union...
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  • arranged via UNIFIL. In their press release for August 12, UNIFIL described the sequence of events: "At the request of the Lebanese government, UNIFIL was in...
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  • was the Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) from February 1981 to May 1986 and the United Nations Truce Supervision...
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    for Africa and Middle East. On 26 January 2004, he took command of the UNIFIL, succeeding to General Lalit Mohan Tewari. On 25 July 2006, a UN observation...
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    Nations peacekeepers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), who had been deployed there since Israel's 1978 invasion. Although the...
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    10 October 2024, Israeli troops opened fire at 3 UNIFIL positions in South Lebanon, including UNIFIL's main base at Naqoura. Israel attacked the UNP 1-31...
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    United Nations nor UNIFIL have ever attempted to either disarm Hezbollah nor attempted to prevent them from attacking Israel. UNIFIL’s mandate requires...
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    Goksel, then spokesman for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) as saying that "no-one disputed that the village of Shebaa itself was in...
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    Presently the largest operation the German Navy is participating in is UNIFIL off the coast of Lebanon. The German contribution to this operation is two...
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    conflict. On 17 December 2018, United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) acknowledged the existence of four tunnels near the Israel–Lebanon border...
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