UNIFIL accuses israel of destroying its assets, Lebanese military infrastructure in Lebanon
Beirut, Jan 5 The United international locations intervening time force in lebanon (UNIFIL) accused the Israeli defense Forces (IDF) of destroying its belongings and a Lebanese army's infrastructure in southern Lebanon.
"This morning peacekeepers found an IDF bulldozer destroying a blue barrel marking the road of withdrawal between lebanon and israel in Labbouneh, as well as an observation tower belonging to the Lebanese armed forces right now beside a UNIFIL function there," UNIFIL stated on social media platform X.
"The IDF's planned and direct destruction of both definitely identifiable UNIFIL assets and infrastructure belonging to the Lebanese armed forces is a flagrant violation of decision 1701 and worldwide law," it said.
UNIFIL referred to as on all actors to keep away from any actions, together with the destruction of civilian assets and infrastructure, that would jeopardise the cessation of hostilities, Xinhua news organization said.
also on Saturday, global Committee of the purple pass (ICRC) President Mirjana Spoljaric said at some stage in her go to to lebanon that "civilians cannot manage to pay for for the ceasefire to lapse, plunging them again into heavy fighting that might carry more loss of life and destruction."
"retaining the ceasefire is vital for households to return home, rebuild their lives, and for humanitarian assistance to reach the ones in want," Spoljaric became quoted as pronouncing in an ICRC announcement.
"the scale of destruction and the outstanding humanitarian wishes in lebanon could have been notably mitigated if the events to the warfare had fully adhered to the guidelines of battle," she said.
A ceasefire, brokered through the usa and France, went into impact on november 27, 2024, aiming to halt nearly 14 months of preventing among israel and Hezbollah.
The terms of the ceasefire agreement consist of Israel's withdrawal from Lebanese territory inside 60 days, with the Lebanese army deploying at the Lebanese-Israeli border and inside the south, taking up security there, and banning any presence of weapons and militants.
despite the ceasefire settlement, the Israeli navy has persevered to perform strikes in lebanon, although at a drastically decreased intensity, with some assaults resulting in casualties.
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