The Latest Breaking News from UNIFIL

Israel’s relationship with the United Nations has historically been strained, but over the past year, tensions have reached new levels. On October 28, the Israeli parliament (the Knesset) passed a law to prohibit operations of the UN’s relief and works agency (Unrwa) – the UN body responsible for Palestinian refugees…

Irish premier Simon Harris described the incident as ‘extremely serious’.

Deputy secretary general Naim Qassem replaces longtime leader who was killed in airstrike

Recent incidents involving the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (Unifil) have raised an important question. Can Israel lawfully target UN peacekeepers and premises in Lebanon, or would that constitute a war crime? To answer that question, it’s worth looking at the rules of…

UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon face IDF fire and pressure to vacate border posts. Despite challenges, UNIFIL remains committed to its duties.

Little is new in Israel’s current conflict with the international community in Gaza and Lebanon.

US only nation likely to be able to persuade Netanyahu to drop plan condemned by 123 member states

France will provide a €100 million aid package to support Lebanon, French President Emmanuel Macron told an international conference Thursday in Paris.

France on Thursday hosts an international conference for Lebanon to rally military and humanitarian aid for the country where war between Hezbollah militants and Israel has displaced a million people, killed over 2,500 and deepened an economic crisis