BEIRUT, Dec. 12 — The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has recorded more than 10,000 violations of UN Security Council Resolution 1701 by Israeli forces since a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect on Nov. 27, 2024, UNIFIL Spokesperson Candice Ardell told Xinhua on Friday.
“Since Nov. 27, 2024, UNIFIL has recorded more than 10,000 violations of Resolution 1701, including more than 8,100 air violations, over 2,600 activities by Israeli forces north of the Blue Line, and more than 1,000 firing trajectories that crossed the Blue Line,” the spokesperson said.
At the same time, she said, Israeli soldiers remain inside Lebanese territory, “while we continue to record daily land and air violations of Resolution 1701 and of Lebanon’s sovereignty.”
She added that peacekeepers have discovered “more than 360 weapons caches inside Lebanese territory, most of which are likely linked to non-state actors, and none of them appear to be new.”
“Since Nov. 27, 2024, peacekeepers have not observed any military movements or the establishment of new military infrastructure by non-state actors in southern Lebanon,” Ardell noted.
Despite the ceasefire agreement, the Israeli army has occasionally carried out strikes in Lebanon, which it says are meant to eliminate Hezbollah “threats,” and it has maintained forces at five key points in the Lebanese border area after the deadline for its full withdrawal expired in February. (Namibia Daily News / Xinhua)
