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ISRAEL LEBANON BORDER

Lebanon is relying on UN Resolution 1701 for protection, but Israel is raising the stakes

The mandate of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is set to be renewed, but for how long?

Lebanon is relying on UN Resolution 1701 for protection, but Israel is raising the stakes

UNIFIL vehicles patrol in southern Lebanon, near Marjeyoun, on August 9, 2024. (Photo: Karamallah Daher/Reuters)

BEIRUT — Resolution 1701: All of 1701 and nothing but 1701. As Hezbollah's response to Israel's assassination of its military chief Fouad Shukur in Beirut's southern suburbs threatens to escalate into a full-scale war, and as the international...
BEIRUT — Resolution 1701: All of 1701 and nothing but 1701. As Hezbollah's response to Israel's assassination of its military chief Fouad Shukur in Beirut's southern suburbs threatens to escalate into a full-scale war, and as the international...