Hezbollah would reportedly restrict the movement of UN forces, while 'nothing ever happened' after the forces would tell their superiors of Hezbollah violations of Resolution 1701.
'Your refusal to evacuate the UNIFIL soldiers makes them hostages of Hezbollah. This endangers both them and the lives of our soldiers,' Israeli PM tells UN chief.
The delegation acknowledged the threat posed to Israel by the Hezbollah terror group, noting the important work that the IDF has done to neutralize the tunnels.
Israel's ambassador to the UN demanded that its so-called peacekeeping forces fulfill their mandate to keep Hezbollah terrorists away from the Israeli border.
While the United Nations says they are 'hopeful' that calm has returned to the border between Israel and Lebanon, the IDF continues to reveal disturbing evidence of Hezbollah's ongoing efforts to destroy the Jewish state.
U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon have been denied access to attack tunnels stretching into Israel, despite promises to the contrary after the subterranean terror routes were discovered.
After the IDF launched Operation Northern Shield to destroy Hezbollah-built attack tunnels extending into Israel from Lebanon, it demanded the UN peacekeeping force fulfill its mandate and assist in the efforts.
Members of the IDF Northern Command Combat Engineering Corps are digging trenches and erecting a fence around the seven-mile-long area of Har Dov (also known as the Shebaa Farms) — a strip of land at the intersection of the Lebanese-Syrian border and the Israeli Golan Heights.
As is his custom, Ban chided the aggressor (Hezbollah) as well as the defender (Israel), condemning Hezbollah for its attack and expressing concern over Israel's response.
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