Lebanon: UNIFIL denies rumors and curbs Israeli threat

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In southern Lebanon, the army inspected a house after Israeli forces threatened to bomb it, alleging it was being used to store weapons. Following the inspection, UNIFIL and the military patrol confirmed the house was free of weapons. Later, through the Mechanism Committee, it was revealed that the Israeli army intended to carry out an air strike in Yanuh. UNIFIL warned that such an action would directly violate United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, which prohibits hostilities along the Lebanon-Israel border.    #teleSUREnglish #Lebanon #UNIFIL #IsraelThreat #MiddleEast #SecurityCouncil #HumanRights

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00:00Moving to Lebanon, the army inspected a house in the south of the country after Israeli

00:05forces threatened to bomb in on the accusation that it was being used to store weapons.

00:10After the inspection, the United Nations entering force in Lebanon, UNIFIL, and the military

00:15patrol double-checked that the house was free of weapons.

00:19However, it was later learned via the Mechanism Committee that the Israeli army intended to

00:24carry out an airstrike in Yahung.

00:28In view of the imminent threat, the entity notified that such action would directly

00:32violate the United Nations Security Council resolution 1701.

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