Israel has accused Hezbollah, which is subsidized through its greatest enemy Iran, of preventing peacekeepers from fulfilling its mandate, an opinion strongly supporting the Trump administration.
In 2019, Israel destroyed a series of attack tunnels dug across the border through Hezbollah, which brought Israel to a s certainty in a one-month war in 2006.
Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, said in May that Israel would insist that peace forces have access to all sites, that they have freedom of movement, and that every single time they are blocked, the Security Council should be informed without delay. .
U. S. Ambassador Kelly Craft tweeted at the time that UNIFIL had been “prevented from fulfilling its mandate” and that “Hezbollah was able to arm itself and expand its operations, putting other Lebanese people at risk. “
He stated that the Security Council “must make serious adjustments to empower UNIFIL or realign its workforce and resources to the responsibilities it can perform. “
The solution followed recognizes that “UNIFIL has effectively fulfilled its mandate since 2006 and has maintained peace and security ever since,” and the Security Council would authorize the relief of the staffing deadline of 15,000 to 13,000.
The draft solution stipulates that the force of force may be greater in the long term in the event of a “safety degradation”.
According to UNIFIL, it currently has around 10,250 soldiers, adding more than 9,400 floor staff and more than 850 corps of naval workers assigned to its maritime working group, in addition, the project has approximately 900 civilian employees, both foreign and domestic.
The draft solution would affirm “the security council’s continued commitment to UNIFIL’s current mandate”. And this would reaffirm the need for the Lebanese armed forces to deploy to southern Lebanon and its territorial waters “at an accelerated pace” to force a key disposition of the mandate.
The draft calls on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to provide the first elements of uniFIL’s “efficiency and effectiveness” plan within 60 days.
With regard to the US and Israeli issue, the solution would reiterate the Council’s call for the “rapid conclusion” of investigations into all attacks on UNIFIL in order to bring perpetrators to justice. And I would ask the Secretary-General “to report to the Council, in a moderate time, when such incidents occur. “
Times of Israel contributed to this report.