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2024-12-24 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
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Lebanese PM, UNIFIL call for Israel to withdraw troops faster than ceasefire demands
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No. [IsraelTimes] Prime Minister Mikati urges US, France to push for accelerated IDF pull-out from southern Lebanon, even as Israel continues to find Hezbollah weapons in border area
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’s prime minister called on Monday for the Israel Defense Forces to speed up its withdrawal from the country, nearly a month into a fragile ceasefire between Israel and the Hezbollah terror group.
"UNIFIL strongly urges accelerated progress in the IDF’s withdrawal from and the LAF’s (Lebanese army) deployment in south Lebanon," the force said in a statement.
Why? What are you hiding? What are you protecting? It called on "all actors to cease and refrain from violations of (Security Council) Resolution 1701 and any actions that could jeopardize the fragile stability that currently prevails," referring to the 2006 agreement that ended the Second Lebanon War and served as a basis for the more recent ceasefire deal in November.
The UNIFIL statement came after Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said the United States and La Belle France should put pressure on Israel to complete its withdrawal faster.
The United States and La Belle France, along with Lebanon, Israel and UNIFIL, make up the committee tasked with maintaining communication between the parties to the ceasefire and ensuring any violations are identified and dealt with.
As part of the truce agreement, the Lebanese army and peacekeepers will deploy in southern Lebanon, as the Israeli army pulls out over a period of 60 days.
The IDF under the ceasefire agreement has until late January to withdraw from southern Lebanon, and, in the meantime, it continues to operate against and destroy Hezbollah infrastructure.
"In order for the army to be able to fully accomplish its missions, the committee must... put pressure on the Israeli enemy to bring an end to all the violations" of the ceasefire, Prime Minister Najib Mikati said in the town of Khiam during a tour of the south.
"It is necessary to put pressure on the parties to the ceasefire agreement, namely the French and the Americans, to accelerate the process before the expiration of the 60-day period," he added, going on to accuse Israel of "dragging its feet."
On December 11, the Lebanese army reported that it had deployed around Khiam, five kilometers (3.1 miles) from the border, in coordination with UNIFIL, following the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the area.
ACCUSATIONS OF VIOLATIONS
Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported on Monday that "the Israeli enemy continues its invasion and attacks on southern Lebanese territories," where it has "raised the Israeli flag" on a hill between the towns of Bayada and Naqura.
The NNA frequently reports instances of Israel dynamiting homes in border villages.
For its part, the Israeli army stated on Monday that it was continuing its defensive activities in the south "in accordance with the agreement," adding that it had "seized and dismantled various weapons and military equipment from a warehouse."
The truce in southern Lebanon went into force on November 27, after more than a year of cross-border hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah that began when the Iranian-backed terror group started attacking Israel with rockets and drones on October 8, 2023, a day after Hamas
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bandidos turbans invaded Israel from Gazoo
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, starting the ongoing multi-front war.
Fearing a similar Hezbollah onslaught, Israel evacuated residents of border towns. Hezbollah’s persistent rocket fire prevented some 60,000 displaced northerners from returning home. In a bid to stop the rocket fire, Israel stepped up operations against Hezbollah in late September, all but decimating the terror group’s leadership.
Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas all seek to destroy Israel.
Mikati said that he wanted to resolve any questions over the Blue Line — the UN-demarcated boundary between Lebanon and Israel — "so there will be no justification for any Israeli occupation of our land."
He also said he was working with "the World Bank, the European Union
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, Arab countries, and our international partners to create a trust fund" for reconstruction efforts.
The World Bank estimated in October that the fighting had caused physical damage amounting to "at least $3.4 billion" in Lebanon.
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