...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...and Israel "said they do not want war," the United Nations
...boodling on the grand scale...
Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said Friday.
The U.N. peacekeepers -- deployed in southern Lebanon to buffer the two sides -- called on "all parties to cease all actions" on both sides of the border after the Israeli army launched strikes Friday at dawn following the firing of rockets into Israel from Lebanese territory.
UNIFIL's Head of Mission and Force Commander, Major General Aroldo Lázaro, is "speaking with authorities on both sides of the Blue Line," a UNIFIL statement said.
"Our liaison and coordination mechanisms are fully engaged," Lázaro added, warning that "the actions over the past day are dangerous and risk a serious escalation."