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Egypt - Foreign Affairs
11/4/2024 4:28:47 PM
Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty stressed to his French counterpart Jean-Noël Barrotthe that Cairo urges the implementation of UNSC Resolution 1701 in Lebanon and condemns the repeated Israeli attacks on the UNIFIL force in south Lebanon.

World - Region
10/31/2024 10:10:53 AM
The U.N. peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon says it has recorded over 30 incidents resulting in damage to U.N. property or premises or injuring peacekeepers

Egypt - Foreign Affairs
10/21/2024 1:30:17 PM
Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty condemned on Sunday in a phone call with Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament Nabih Berri the Israeli military's targeting of the Lebanese army, infrastructure, and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).

Egypt - Foreign Affairs
10/18/2024 6:18:54 PM
Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty reaffirmed Friday to his Lebanese counterpart Abdallah Bou Habib Egypt’s commitment to continue providing all means of support to Lebanon during the current watershed situation.

World - Region
10/16/2024 11:01:53 PM
The Lebanese Health Ministry reported that 27 people were killed and 185 injured in the past 24 hours as Israel intensified its bombing campaign across the country.

World - Region
10/15/2024 8:54:41 PM
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni warned on Tuesday against withdrawing UN peacekeepers from Lebanon at Israel's unilateral request, as she announced she would visit Lebanon on Friday.

Egypt - Foreign Affairs
10/15/2024 5:04:04 PM
Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty stressed during a phone call with his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock on Tuesday the need to intensify the provision of urgent humanitarian and relief aid to Lebanon amid the displacement of over one million citizens.

World - Region
10/14/2024 10:55:24 PM
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday hit out at the United Nations for failing to prevent Israel from firing at its peacekeepers in southern Lebanon.

World - Region
10/14/2024 9:35:34 PM
As the Israeli war on Lebanon escalates, a United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, is increasingly in the crosshairs, with Israeli troops firing at the peacekeepers' headquarters and positions several times in the past week.

World - Region
10/13/2024 6:00:53 PM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the UN chief on Sunday to move peacekeepers deployed in south Lebanon out of "harm's way", saying Hezbollah was using them as "human shields".

Egypt - Foreign Affairs
10/10/2024 11:42:59 PM
Egypt strongly condemned Israel's bombing of a school sheltering displaced civilians in western Deir al-Balah, Gaza, which resulted in numerous deaths and injuries as well as the Israeli military’s targeting of the United Nations Interim Forces (UNIFIL) in Lebanon on Thursday.

World - Region
8/6/2024 6:57:02 PM
UN peacekeepers on the Israeli-Lebanese border have never been more crucial, the force's global chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix said Tuesday, as fears soared of an escalation in the Middle East.

World - Region
3/30/2024 2:54:43 PM
Three United Nations military observers and a Lebanese interpreter were wounded Saturday while patrolling the southern Lebanese border after a shell exploded near them, the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon said.

War on Gaza - War on Gaza
11/14/2023 10:13:14 PM
The head of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon on Tuesday expressed "deep concern" over the potential for further escalation between Israel and Hezbollah, as war rages in the Gaza Strip.

War on Gaza - War on Gaza
10/29/2023 3:27:00 PM
Amid escalating tensions along the Israel-Lebanon border, a number of rockets were launched into Israel on Sunday from the mountainous Er Rous area of Lebanon, while Hezbollah has declared that it launched a successful strike on Israel's Miskav Am military site and partially destroyed its technical equipment.

World - Region
10/7/2023 6:57:34 PM
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) announced on Saturday its commitment to strengthening its presence in southern Lebanon, particularly near the border with Israel. The organization stated that it was actively engaged in "counter rocket-launching operations" to bolster border security.

World - Region
8/29/2023 7:59:26 PM
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Tuesday urged the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to act to calm tensions along the Israel-Lebanon border to prevent a possible escalation.

World - Region
6/12/2023 5:09:23 PM
Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati Monday called on the UN peacekeeping forces to pressure Israel to stop violations of Lebanon's sovereignty and the bulldozing works within Lebanese territories.

World - Region
6/10/2023 11:48:00 AM
UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon called for calm on Friday after Lebanese and Israeli troops came close to direct confrontation in the flashpoint “Blue Line” border area.

World - Region
6/1/2023 8:46:52 PM
Lebanon's military tribunal on Thursday charged five men with the killing of an Irish U.N. peacekeeper in December, a senior judicial official said. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with regulations, alleged all five are linked with Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.

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