A member of the French battalion of UNIFIL adjusts a flagpole during a visit by French ministers to their base, in the village of Deir Kifa, southern Lebanon, on Dec. 31, 2024. (Credit: AFP)
All eyes are focused on Lebanon at the start of 2025, with almost 25 days before the end of the 60-day period during which the terms of the Nov. 27 cease-fire agreement are supposed to be implemented. From the Lebanese point of view, the Israelis are not implementing the terms of the agreement. The Israelis, however, justified their continued aggression on the grounds of claiming that Hezbollah is rebuilding its strength in the area south of the Litani River. UNIFIL is struggling to find its feet, and the committee tasked with monitoring the truce, chaired by a U.S. officer and comprising a French officer, a Lebanese officer, a UNIFIL representative and an Israeli officer, is still unable to identify violations.Sources close to the committee believe that the gap between the players is so wide that it is difficult each time to agree that...
All eyes are focused on Lebanon at the start of 2025, with almost 25 days before the end of the 60-day period during which the terms of the Nov. 27 cease-fire agreement are supposed to be implemented. From the Lebanese point of view, the Israelis are not implementing the terms of the agreement. The Israelis, however, justified their continued aggression on the grounds of claiming that Hezbollah is rebuilding its strength in the area south of the Litani River. UNIFIL is struggling to find its feet, and the committee tasked with monitoring the truce, chaired by a U.S. officer and comprising a French officer, a Lebanese officer, a UNIFIL representative and an Israeli officer, is still unable to identify violations.Sources close to the committee believe that the gap between the players is so wide that it is difficult each time to agree...
