{"id":206171,"date":"2025-12-27T05:48:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T05:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/206171\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T05:48:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T05:48:05","slug":"un-peacekeeper-injured-in-gunfire-near-blue-line-in-south-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/206171\/","title":{"rendered":"UN peacekeeper injured in gunfire near \u2018Blue Line\u2019 in south Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sg\/en\/content\/sg\/2025-12-26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">note to correspondents<\/a> issued by UN Spokesperson St\u00e9phane Dujarric, the incident occurred as a patrol of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (<a href=\"https:\/\/unifil.unmissions.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UNIFIL<\/a>) was inspecting a roadblock in the village of Bastarra in southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/peacekeeping.un.org\/en\/its-time-to-talk-about-blue-line-constructive-re-engagement-is-key-to-stability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Blue Line<\/a>, set by the United Nations, stretches for approximately 120 kilometres along Lebanon\u2019s southern frontier and serves as a \u201cline of withdrawal\u201d to confirm Israel\u2019s withdrawal from the south of Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate incident on the same day, another UNIFIL patrol reported machine gunfire from south of the Blue Line in immediate proximity to its position near the village of Kfar Shouba.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUNIFIL had informed the Israel Defense Forces about the activities in those areas in advance, following usual practice for patrols in sensitive areas near the Blue Line,\u201d Mr. Dujarric said.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that in recent days, incidents restricting UNIFIL\u2019s movement by local individuals also took place in the Mission\u2019s area of operations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny act that may jeopardize the safety and security of United Nations peacekeepers is completely unacceptable,\u201d Mr. Dujarric said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe reiterate our call to all actors to cease activities that risk the wellbeing of peacekeepers and interfere with their mandated activities in support of the implementation of <a href=\"https:\/\/main.un.org\/securitycouncil\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Security Council<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/undocs.org\/S\/Res\/1701(2006)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">resolution 1701<\/a>,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The UN spokesperson further reminded the parties of their responsibility to ensure the safety and security of peacekeepers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to a note to correspondents issued by UN Spokesperson St\u00e9phane Dujarric, the incident occurred as a patrol&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-206171","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}