UNIFIL Called On Lebanon, Israel To Maintain Calm On Border
(MENAFN- Nam News Network)
BEIRUT, Mar 6 (NNN-NNA) – The UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, yesterday urged the country and Israel, to maintain calm, following an incident on the demarcation Blue Line.
Earlier in the day, the Lebanese army Command said, an“Israeli enemy patrol breached” at noon, the Blue Line near Lebanon's southern town of Ayta al-Shaab, by about one metre, prompting a Lebanese army patrol to force them to retreat back to areas beyond the line.
“UNIFIL is aware of the tensions that are occurring along the Blue Line in the Aita (Ayta) al-Shaab area, where some Israeli maintenance work is taking place,” said Candice Ardell, deputy director of the United Nations Interim Forces in the Lebanon Media Office.
“UNIFIL forces are at the site, and are seeking to reduce tension ... We urge all parties and all those present at the scene to maintain calm,” she added.
The Blue Line separates the territories between Lebanon and Israel and was drawn in Jun, 2000 by the United Nations, after the Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon on May 25, 2000.
UNIFIL forces are deployed in southern Lebanon, and its area of operations is defined by the Litani River in the north, and the Blue Line in the south, according to the UN mission's webpage.– NNN-NNA
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