{"id":276904,"date":"2026-02-06T08:15:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T08:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/276904\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T08:15:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T08:15:13","slug":"un-raises-alarm-over-reports-of-israel-spraying-herbicide-near-lebanon-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/276904\/","title":{"rendered":"UN raises alarm over reports of Israel spraying herbicide near Lebanon border"},"content":{"rendered":"<p textalign=\"\" class=\"\">The United Nations has said it is aware of reports that Israel sprayed a herbicide over areas near the Blue Line in southern Lebanon, prompting renewed concerns about environmental damage and potential long-term impacts on civilian life.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">\u201cWe are aware of reports that the substance dropped over areas near the Blue Line on 1 February is a herbicide,\u201d UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters on Thursday, responding to questions about the incident involving the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">Dujarric said the alleged use of herbicides \u201craises questions about the effects on local agricultural lands and how this might impact the return of civilians to their homes and livelihoods in the long term.\u201d<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">He reminded all parties of their obligations under international humanitarian law and stressed that \u201cany activity by the IDF (Israeli Army) north of the Blue Line is a violation of resolution 1701,\u201d the UN Security Council measure that ended the 2006 Lebanon-Israel war.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">\u201cUNIFIL will continue to be in contact with the Lebanese authorities on this matter,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><a data-link-preview=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/article\/b2ee34461769\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"relative flex w-full px-4 py-3 flex-col items-start gap-6 rounded bg-[#F1F1F1] border-l-0 transition-all duration-200 ease-in-out box-border mb-4 hover:bg-[#F9F9F9] hover:shadow-[0_4px_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.1),0_-4px_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.06),4px_0_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.06)] focus:bg-[#F9F9F9] focus:shadow-[0_4px_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.1),0_-4px_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.06),4px_0_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.06)] before:content-[&quot;&quot;] before:absolute before:left-0 before:top-0 before:bottom-0 before:w-[3px] before:rounded-l-md before:bg-[#01ABD9]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"flex justify-center items-center rounded-md !w-20 !h-20 aspect-square flex-shrink-0 sm:rounded md:rounded-md lg:!w-[84px] lg:!h-[84px] lg:rounded xl:rounded-md\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/e6d4cbdff8994bc8ff6356aae88ecc4e82f33d88869a2d6834e4101efe4c46cb.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>RelatedTRT World &#8211; Israel bombs multiple sites in Lebanon amid fears of US attacks on Iran<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">Israel\u2019s \u2018unacceptable\u2019 aerial activity<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">Earlier this week, UNIFIL said the Israeli army had informed the mission of a planned aerial activity to drop what Israel described as a \u201cnon-toxic chemical substance\u201d over areas near the Blue Line.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The United Nations has said it is aware of reports that Israel sprayed a herbicide over areas near&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-276904","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-israel","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276904","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=276904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}