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The spokesman for the United Nations forces in southern Lebanon called on the Lebanese authorities to guarantee the safety of movement and the freedom of its members.
Andrea Tenente, spokesperson for the United Nations “UNIFIL” forces operating in southern Lebanon, highlighted the need to guarantee the security and freedom of movement of its members, after the repeated incidents to which they were exposed in the south , which is under the control of the Hezbollah terrorist militia in Lebanon.
“A large group of civilians stopped a UNIFIL convoy in the village of Kawtharia Al-Siyad in southern Lebanon on Friday while returning to their base in the UNIFIL area of operations, and were stripped of equipment and equipment. regular team, “Tenente said in a statement.
He noted that the Lebanese Armed Forces moved into the area and took control of the situation, after which the UNIFIL convoy managed to leave the village, although its equipment was not returned.
Informed Lebanese political sources told Al-Ain Al-Akhbar that the attack was carried out by civilians loyal to Hezbollah and targeted a convoy belonging to the Spanish force, after it lost its way back to its headquarters, and the Lebanese army managed to calm the situation, while still working to restore UNIFIL equipment.
Sources mentioned that this incident is not the first, and attacks against UNIFIL are always recorded from time to time under various pretexts, and the Lebanese army is constantly working to calm down.
In his statement, Tenente emphasized that “the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Security Council have always strongly condemned such incidents, and that the full freedom of movement of UNIFIL and the safety and security of its personnel is an integral part of the effective implementation of its tasks ”, and emphasized that“ the Lebanese authorities must guarantee the movement security, safety and freedom of UNIFIL ”.
He indicated that UNIFIL and the Lebanese Armed Forces are investigating the circumstances of the incident.
United Nations forces have been deployed in southern Lebanon since 2006 after the end of the war between Israel and Hezbollah, according to Security Council Resolution 1701.
The forces carry out a series of tasks in their area of operations between the Litani River in the north and the Blue Line (the Israeli army’s withdrawal line) in the south.
These operations include night and day patrols, establishment of observation points, monitoring of the Blue Line, and clearance of unexploded ordnance and cluster bombs.
