Unifil’s mandate faces the August vote as the experts ask for the end of the ineffective mission

JERUSALEM – The United Nations mission prey to the scandal set up to stop Hezbollah rocket attacks against Israel will be able to vote in late August if the Trump administration plans to vote to interrupt its mandate to the United Nations Security Council.

In interviews with Fox News Digital, several main American and Israeli experts on the mandate have called on the US government to disconnect the mandate because the United Nations Provisional Force in Lebanon (Unifil) is an example of the United Nations ineffectiveness to arrest the Lebanese terrorist movement supported by Iran.

“Among countless United Nations failures in the Middle East, Unifil can be the most spectacular. Locked to ensure that Hezbollah would not rearm after the 2006 war, he patiently watched Hezbollah who became the largest terrorist and military organization in the world. The former American ambassador in the first Trump administration, David Friedman, told Fox Digital News.

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The Palestinian flag and the flag of Hezbollah Wave in the wind on a post as a soldiers of the United Nations Provisional Force in Lebanon (Unifil) patrol the border area between Lebanon and Israel on Hill Hamm in the Khiyam region of southern Lebanon on October 13, 2023. (Photo by Joseph Eid / AFP october) (Photo of Joseph Eid / AFP via Getty Images)

After the conclusion of the Second Lebanon War in 2006 between Israel and Hezbollah, the CSNU adopted resolution 1701, which stressed that the International Force Unifil, as well as the Lebanese Armed Forces (Laf), were to block the activity of Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.

Hezbollah joined Hamas in its war against the Jewish state one day after the terrorist organization supported by the Iranian regime in Gaza invaded Israel on October 7, 2023 and massacred more than 1,200 people, including more than 40 Americans.

In October, Fox News Digital reported that the soldiers of Unifil had failed to stop the massive expansion of Hezbollah rockets and military weapons since the implementation of the mandate in 2006.

Israel’s ambassador Danny Danon accused Unifil of not having applied his mission to prevent the terrorist movement designated by the United States Hezbollah from establishing military outposts on the border with Israel.

The foray of Israel in southern Lebanon revealed a military outpost about 300 meters north of the border with the Jewish state filled with explosives and mines, according to Israeli defense forces (FDI).

Hezbollah weapons cache located near a pole in Unifil by tdi troops in southern Lebanon. (Unit of the spokesperson of TDI.)

Israel orders the FDIs to seize more Gaza territory if Hamas does not publish hostagesWhen he was asked if Israel asked for an end of Unifil’s mandate, Jonathan Harounoff, international spokesperson for the Israeli mission to the United Nations, Fox News Digital told Fox News this week that “Israel is still assessed the situation”.

A spokesman for the US State Department told Fox News Digital that “we have nothing to announce at the moment” about a vote against the continuation of the Unifil mandate.

Dr. Zoe Levornik and Sarit Zehavi, from the Israel Alma Research and Education Center – one of the best reflection groups evaluating Unifil and Hezbollah –wrote on the organization’s web page On June 10: “Over the years, Unifil has had many opportunities to improve and fulfill his role, in particular in the light of the repeated warnings of Israel. However, no real attempt has been made to modify the conduct of the organization. There is no reason to believe that the renewal of the mandate – even with improvements – will cause the necessary change that would make the presence of Unifil in the south of Lebanon and effective in the maintenance of the two.”

Hezbollah fighters attend the funeral of their commander Wissam al-Tawil, in the village of Khirbet Selm, in southern Lebanon, Tuesday January 9, 2024. A war of words which took place in Lebanon show longtime schisms in the small country on Hezbollah, now amplified by the group of militant groups in the role of Lebanon-Israel-Israel and role of the Lebanon group. Lebanon could be trained in a total war. (Photo / Hussein Malla, file)

Confronted with Alma’s criticisms about UNIFIL, the spokesperson for the peacekeeping force, Andrea Teneti, told Fox News Digital “The Laf continues to benefit from the support of UNIFIL – not only to ensure complete deployment in the areas currently occupied by Israel, but also by training, strengthening capacities and development of the essential capacities necessary to take our tasks. land and sea.

“The relevance of the mission remains vital to maintain an international impartial presence on the ground, helping to monitor the situation and strengthen the efforts of the LAF. In addition, Unifil provides essential support for local communities during this particularly difficult period, contributing to stability in the region despite the numerous bombings monitored and reported since November 27, 2024.”

TSAhal troops fighting Hezbollah terrorists in southern Lebanon. (Unit of the spokesperson of TDI.)

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He added that “the implementation of 1701 is not with Unifil but with the parties. We support the parties in the implementation of the mandate, but the commitment is necessary on both sides. In recent months, during this new political environment, Laf and Unifil have recovered a large number of caches of ammunition as well as positions used previously by the.” Fragile. “

Zehavi, who lives in northern Israel, where Hezbollah has caused serious destruction with missiles, the comments of Unifil spokesperson. She told Fox News Digital that all the things mentioned by Unifil “are secondary to the main problem of the mandate, which is the disarmament of Hezbollah”.

Zehavi added that despite Unifil spokesperson claiming that Unifil had grasped ammunition used by Hezbollah, she noted that uniform had provided any evidence. She asked “in which cities” Hezbollah is disarmed. She pointed out: “Where are the photos? How is it that there is no evidence and only statements they do this? As a Northern resident, I want to see evidence to remind everyone that the FDI showed evidence of Hezbollah’s weapons in southern Lebanon and brought them to Israel.”

She also asked where Unifil has been in the past 18 years to train the Lebanese army? “I think that the United States and France can do this better than Unifil”, mentioning the new mechanism put in place to fight against violations via American and French generals in the region, she said.

A TSAhal soldier is photographed near the anti -tank missiles which belongs to the Hezbollah terrorist group in southern Lebanon. (IDF)

Zehavi said that uniform over the years “tied our hands” during the War of Israel-Hezbollah.

She added that Israel applies the disarmament of Hezbollah via continuous military strikes in the South. The Biden and France administration negotiated a fragile ceasefire in November between Hezbollah and Israel. The language of the ceasefire indicates that it aims to “promote the conditions for a permanent and complete situation”. The ceasefire ended 14 months of high intensity war between Israel and Hezbollah.

When he asked him questions about Zehavi’s questions, Teneti said that “all of our conclusions – linked to activities carried out with or without the Lebanese armed forces – are shared with the members of the Security Council and also transmitted to the mechanism, as agreed by Lebanon and Israel.”

Pro-Hezbollah officials and soldiers within Lebanon army also remain a basic problem, according to experts and media reports. At the end of January, a chief of the Laf would have sent a classified document to Hezbollah. The SUHIL BAHIJ GHARB DU LAF, which oversees military information in southern Lebanon, has obtained the confidential equipment from a military installation led by the United States, France and the Interim of the United Nations in Lebanon (UNIFIL).

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