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The United Nations Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) announced yesterday (Monday) that they rescued 36 people in a boat out of Lebanese territorial waters.
In a statement, UNIFIL spokesperson Andrea Tenanti announced that “a ship belonging to the UNIFIL Maritime Force this morning (Monday) located a ship outside Lebanese territorial waters carrying 37 people on board,” referring to upon the death of one of them.
He stressed that the priority of the peacekeepers “was to rescue the remaining 36 people and guarantee their safety by providing immediate assistance. The UNIFIL Maritime Task Force immediately informed the Lebanese authorities, “noting that” immediate medical treatment is provided to all survivors before they are transferred to the Lebanese authorities. “
It noted that “the UNIFIL mission chief and his commander-in-chief, Major General Stefano Del Col, considered this incident to be very tragic, and the UNIFIL maritime peacekeepers were doing everything they could to save the lives of these people. “
It should be noted that the UNIFIL Maritime Force was deployed at the request of the Lebanese government to assist the Lebanese Navy to secure territorial waters and help prevent the unauthorized entry of weapons or related materials by sea into Lebanon after the Israeli war. against Lebanon in 2006.
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