UN peacekeepers in Lebanon at risk as Israeli forces ‘move very close’: UNIFIL spokesperson

Andrea Tenenti, a spokesman for the UN’s peacekeeping force in Lebanon, UNIFIL, says the safety of its troops is at risk during the ongoing border fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.
“We have been seeing in recent days heavy shelling throughout the area of operations,” Tenenti told Al Jazeera. “The fact [Israeli] troops have moved very close to our position, the Irish contingent, at the moment is also a concern.”
UNIFIL soldiers are caught in the crossfire, he said.
“Definitely also concerning is the fact we were told to move from certain positions along the Blue Line, but we are staying because we want the UN flag to fly in all these positions close to the Blue Line.”
Tenenti was referring to the UN-drawn “provisional border of withdrawal” between Israel and Lebanon established in 2000.
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[@ishe_]

The peacekeepers must leave. What peace have they been maintaining? Utter waste of time and resources

[@AsadKhan_pk]

Well they are probably there to preserve USA interest, UN is nothing else than a Arm of West, which is financed by all Countries.

[@timdane6132]

amen to that

[@rapakavijayprabhakararao9522]

They have collided with Hezbullah like Hamas in Gaza. They are helpless

[@zachriahmesente8323]

I wonder too when terrorists roam every corner of the country. Once peaceful home of many now ruines in waiting

[@SuadOsmanMohamed]

Western terrorist let me correct you since intelligence is declining due to beer/wine/alcohol sinful actions and adultry ​@zachriahmesente8323

[@kennethdonkor2006]

What peace are they keeping? They better move away for their own safety.

[@Cantinespirituel]

YTBE has started its mi ss ion, it only wants ill ite racy and ra c ism. Sorry..

[@Daruwang]

So there are UN peace keepers in Lebanon all these years

[@Starsky1413]

Believe it 😂

[@bkh8528]

Yes……..

[@austinOffei]

Hateful organization

[@boladada2670]

Apparently, they have kept no peace there at all. They have outlived their usefulness.

[@felix55215]

So what you suggest? That Israel kills them "accidently" in another air raid, as happened with the world kitchen workers? The IDF became a butchering machine, why they are still called "Defence forces" is unclear to me...

[@UltraTrev]

UnIFIL the biggest waste of blue helmets in the universe

[@mahendradias1758]

This man is a shame.What is the mandate unifil enforced ? This man is a timid chicken.Kindly get out of this place

[@noelchase2382]

Peacekeepers are not able to stop terrorism

[@Lubnara764]

Quem e terrorista?

[@KurtlaOyunKanlaBiter]

@@Lubnara764 IDF

[@rhetorical1488]

IDf terrorists require monitoring

[@AlexanderEalley]

@@Lubnara764 Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis…to name a few.

[@es5068]

@@AlexanderEalleyinteresting you recognise terrorist but do you recognise genocide?

[@patrickokpe6315]

Please send in some civilians from Lebanon and Israel to help rescue these peacekeepers and bring them back home safely... 😅😅

[@FirstyPaul]

Hahaha 😂😂

[@slovokia]

UNIFIL should just pull out - they are not serving any purpose any more.

[@GarethMurphy40k]

Well they're watching Israels actions. You don't want to take israels word for it.

[@bkh8528]

They haven’t served a purpose for the last few years, part of UN resolution 1701 was to stop hezbollah from launching attacks into Israel……… and the world has seen how “well” the UN has done stopping that…….. long story short the UN is a joke……..

[@stellasmirella7662]

And they never have had any purpose. They should pull out.

[@pedrogorenstein8267]

Unifil is a Joke🎉. They should have kept Hamas north of the Litani river and never did. They better get out.

[@hunterhealer8022]

Hamas? Are you drunk?

[@rotojakku]

You mean hezbollah but yeah

[@ScrambledEgg-q2l]

Moment of silence for those abduls who actually think hez-bol-less is winning 🙏

[@bilpat5123]

It's not over until it's over...

[@oboyesikky5936]

@@bilpat5123💯🤝

[@VirtualAccess-j8q]

​@@bilpat5123did you like your own Comment?

[@shirazsaquib8816]

Lindu is here 🐒 worshipper 😅 eat cow dung and drink cow pees ....Lindu 😅 gobarchap Abdul are your father globally....by the way how many fake god's u have Lindu including all animals, rats 😅Lindu@scrambleeggs

[@MartinaNugent-yt8ig]

🇮🇪💚💚🇵🇸💚💚🇱🇧☘️☘️

[@joeben9446]

If the UN was doing its job then hezbola would not be in south Lebanon or south of the river. To the UN do your job

[@davidconteh8864]

These peace keepers cannot love Lebanon more than the Lebanese who have already left. So for their safety let them go home.

[@yetundesonaike4074]

They should leave. What peace are they keeping.

[@suhaswarde9014]

Why peacekeepers there?

[@jimbøb-i9q]

To make sure Huzbullah didnt build an army there.....

[@deligthganiyu]

Let the UN leave for the own safety because Israel is not going to stop the war

[@glenwood5718]

if you where in lebanon y did you not stop the build up of rockets thats not peace keeping that says carry on .

[@waheedasonnie7825]

Unifl stationed between Lebanon and Israel by a UN resolution to stop an invasion by either side.

[@reuvenpolonskiy2544]

No. They were stantioned there to enforce 1701 UN resolution of demilitrised zone south of the Litani river and have done nothing to implement this.

[@MartinaNugent-yt8ig]

I know what maybe Israel should stop trying to occupy or occupy other peoples land. !☘️☘️

[@jacksonmunyua4112]

Me wondering why UN peace keepers could not help stopping Hezbolla from firing rockets at Israel for the last one year. Which peace are they keeping?

[@MartinaNugent-yt8ig]

Poor israel😂😂😂

[@georgegraham9206]

If there are peacekeepers there then I would say they failed in a spectacular way. They should leave

[@MartinaNugent-yt8ig]

Praying for the safety of the lebanese people and the irish and other peace keepers. 💚💚☘️☘️🇮🇪🇮🇪☘️love to everyone at camp shamrock💚💚💚💚☘️☘️☘️☘️

[@livewillalive3744]

Are they peeling potatoes there😂?

[@MartinaNugent-yt8ig]

Not funny!☘️

[@Cantinespirituel]

YTBE has started its mi ss ion, it only wants ill ite racy and ra c ism. Sorry..

[@swaggertravels]

They did drink tee/ coffee with Hezbollah all day, further monitoring ""IDF violations"" while keeping eyes shut to Hezbollah actiities (I''m not een ironic here)

[@MartinaNugent-yt8ig]

@@livewillalive3744 we find that term offensive!☘️

[@vincentkosgei7166]

They are combing hair

[@Youknowwho737]

So what is the purpose of UN peacekeepers in Lebanon? 😮 am a little confused

[@bkh8528]

@Youknowwho737 Read UN resolution 1701, it plainly states what the UN peacekeepers are “supposed to be doing” there………

[@reuvenpolonskiy2544]

@@bkh8528 Since for the 20 years that they are there, they have done absolutly nothing to enforce the 1701 UN resolustion, the porpuse of their presense there is a mystery.

[@rotojakku]

​@@bkh8528their purpose was to keep hezbollah north of the latani river and prevent both israel from attacking lebanon and hezbollah from attacking israel. Theyre not doing jack

[@FirstyPaul]

To spend free money

[@FirstyPaul]

@@bkh8528Hezbollah refused to abide by the resolution so what is there to implement?

[@MendeMaria-ej8bf]

Peacekeepers in a war zone? Sounds contradictory.

[@StrygwyrBS]

UN should stop herbollah or just leave.

[@hunterhealer8022]

You mean stop Israel from creating another Apartheid West Bank? 😂

[@mukisaroland8127]

What is the work and importance of UNFIL nothing at all they have done

[@dinlpn45]

peacekeepers my but. you failed now go away.

[@Donald-o3x]

They should pack and get out of Lebanon and leave security mission to IDF. They have been doing nothing there.

[@mahendradias1758]

This unifil has no spine. Can this man come out and talk about the Un mandate?

[@jacksonmunyua4112]

UN peace keepers overseeing Hezbolla violation of UN resolution 1701....😂😂😂 What are they doing there????

[@FarhaAl-jazeera]

Where wer the UN peacekeepers when Hezbollah crossed the latani river and came close?

[@jasonlawler9674]

Exactly, tgey were suppling enemy of Isreal. How else? Buildi g tunnels. Hiding hostages? 😮

[@musamubarak2524]

The where safe because litani is Lebanese territory

[@johnosumba1980]

@@musamubarak2524what was the agreement for peacekeeping that no hezbola to come across that river and they failed to enforce that so they need to get out.

[@musamubarak2524]

@@johnosumba1980 I didn't see you deny that the litani river isn't Lebanese territory. I can't count the amount of agreement Israel has broken just this year alone.

[@johnosumba1980]

@@musamubarak2524 I am not that ignorant and hence also knows that the United resolution stated that only Lebanon military should be at the border with Israel and not those terrorists hezbola. You expected the Israel to sit and watch terrorist break the rule and kill their own people cmon. When you start the war don’t expect any rule to be followed.

[@BethelTV4all]

They are not doing anything there, they should pull out and go home

[@resurrectedone7463]

How many international laws has Israel violated? Laws Violated: Israel has violated 28 resolutions of the United Nations Security Council (which are legally binding on member-nations U.N. Charter, Article 25 (1945); a few sample resolutions - 54, 111, 233, 234, 236, 248, 250, 252, 256, 262, 267, 270, 280, 285, 298, 313, 316, 468, 476, etc.

[@mosesmaandebo2634]

The force is caring about the security of UN peace keepers or the Security and Safety of Lebanese and Israelis?

[@Sebby6666]

Their mandate is to observe, take note and cheer. Unless they have a mandate to implement a resolution, they are as useful as in Rwanda.

[@mosesmaandebo2634]

Then let them observe the war. Were they not equipped with binoculars?

[@Sebby6666]

@@mosesmaandebo2634 they are busy taking selfies

[@whitedaisez]

@@mosesmaandebo2634😂😂

[@davidconteh8864]

Let them go on leave and avoid danger .

[@tuffytoys9707]

! AS If the USA has any respect for the Security Council when they will just Veto any Resolution that holds them Accountable!

[@kingsTimothy-on5wb]

you were in Lebanon and Hezbollah were firing rocket, wat peace are you keeping den?

[@ShikhaPrasad-x5o]

Why r you there ? What peace process are you planning with terrorists ?

[@islandgirl101]

Hey UN peacekeepers : U all can leave now. IDF has this under control! 🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱

[@hoodwolf4155]

Why these peace keepers are not in Gaza looking for hostages? Why are they in Lebanon protecting hezbulla? They need to leave Lebanon and go to the Sudan were they are needed much more

[@WarFace-lj4kx]

Aaaaaaaaahh! Shutttuuuup!

[@GarethMurphy40k]

It's in the name. UNIFIL, United Nations Interim Force in LEBANON!

[@bkh8528]

@hoodwolf4155 UN resolution 1701, you should read it, if you know how it……… 🤨

[@terrenceresane5659]

You know the goal of UNIFIL is to have peace. Not to just protect both sides... But yeah they are kinda useless

[@hoodwolf4155]

@bkh8528 Since when have .uslims been apart of the international community? Is the united nations supposed to turn a blind eye too Islamic conquests?

[@VS24AT]

The Peace deal of 2006 put the UN peace keepers on the border but Hezbollah never really respected the plan and never vacated or pulled back from the border which was a violation . Review the agreement

[@cynthiamadrid1430]

BLESS THE UN PEACEKEEPERS.... B

[@nanayasin9296]

Peace keepers be affraid, please do something........ You are under law

[@gregben7657]

Peacekeepers doesn't make sense with terrorism Hezbollah, Hamas

[@babusibalopi4917]

Why are we not seeing UN peace keepers in Ukraine 🤔

[@vanessamaldonado5877]

Because they have NATO arms and army helping them, the Palestinians and Lebanese people under Israeli siege have none.

[@deselby6669]

​​@@vanessamaldonado5877..UN peacekeepers can not be deployed to a Country that is occupied(Ukraine) and thus with disputed Borders....Lebanon had secure borders but has now been invaded..

[@vanessamaldonado5877]

@@deselby6669 Except neither Russia nor Israel have a right to invade and take other countries land, both are invaders illegally occupying stolen land, Israel is still far worse, but only because they face no real armed opposition, otherwise Ukraine would be just another Gaza.

[@babusibalopi4917]

@@vanessamaldonado5877 ok

[@kem1036]

Thats camp shamrock

[@johntakiya8015]

Based Irish lads

[@MartinaNugent-yt8ig]

My country men💚💚💚☘️☘️☘️

[@mcdonalddaniel1799]

Hezbollah and Lebanon failed to heed to the resolution and now you're saying Israel is violating international laws. Really!

[@talksmoke1190]

That's funny yesterday aj said hez hasn't allowed Idf to enter Lebanon. Now they are too close

[@allanpigon9913]

Dapat noon pa ninyo pinatupad Ngayon lang kayo kikilos kung kelan malala na ang sitwasyon wala kayo silbi

[@davidsbain4687]

These images of all that destruction are so depressing, how long can this madness go on.

[@nualamartyn4918]

😪

[@bkh8528]

@davidsbain4687 Probably time for you to visit your therapist then………

[@reuvenpolonskiy2544]

As long as Hasbala is there

[@davidsbain4687]

@@bkh8528 Probably time for you to see a therapist if you are ok with that.....

[@shadowww38]

Whohaha UN peacekeepers? Are they still there? What have they done the past 10 years? Free pass for Hezbollah?

[@UnsolvedTV]

IDF bots in the comments again!

[@DrAjit-r1q]

Bro the peacekeeper must leave

[@rotojakku]

Bots? You mean people who can clearly see that the peacekeepers didnt do their job of keeping hezbollah north of the latani river and did nothing to prevent hezbollah attacking israel for a whole year as was their job? Are you that blind? Theyre basically protecting hezbollah terrorists, just like the un did in gaza, the un literally working with terrorists to destroy Israel, its disgusting and they need to leave.

[@tobinfrancis9162]

They have to move since Israel already advised that they will attack Hezbollah

[@jasonlawler9674]

Super, who xomprisrs this UN force. First US has heard of this. How long have tgey been there. Why are they safe from Hezbolah? ABC CBS NBC FOX have not shared thus info.

[@geraldoki2803]

She asked "Are the rules of war being respected?" ... Does Hezbollah apply any rules? they have been firing Rockets since Oct 8 2023 for almost 11 months and nobody mentioned anything like rules of war...What a joke !!!

[@Patricia-sw3ek]

Stay strong Palestine and Lebanon the people of the world stand with you 🙏🇵🇸🇱🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@markdavies8381]

If the UN did its job in the first place of keeping Hezbollah out of the zone they were supposed to patrol and keep free of rockets then there would be nothing for them to worry about. They only have themselves to blame for failing to apply their mandate. Good riddance to them let them all go back to where they came from as they were earning money for not even doing the job they were supposed to do which highlights again the freeloading and spineless ineffectiveness aspects of the UN.

[@olotuayodavid2307]

What are UN troops doing there when they couldn't stop Hezbollah from attacking Israel since Oct.8th? What UNSC mandate are they carrying about? They are probably working with Hezbollah and if they refuse to leave, IDF should treat them as Hezbollah members.

[@GarethMurphy40k]

Israel already treat every man, woman, child and baby they come across as Hezbollah/Hamas etc...

[@rotojakku]

How dare he say israel is violating 1701 when theyre the ones who let hezbollah get all the way to israels border.

[@aggeloskonstantilieris1299]

1)There is NO fight between Israel and Lebanon. 2) There is a fight between Israel and the terroristic proxies of the Iranian dictatorship. 3)The Arabic and Muslim countries of the area are not involved.Some of them are very happy with the latest developments.

[@basstrap3430]

The Israeli right wing regime has killed over 100 children in Lebanon in the past 11 days. They don’t discriminate between terrorists and civilians. Get out of Palestine, hostages will be returned, peace will follow and Bibi and the regime go to jail. Simple.

[@keithdavis7595]

What has the UN done? Allowed Hezbollah to do what it has been doing. The UN has failed and needs to leave.

[@Anjuli72]

Trying to intimidate the Irish!

[@sharilariszz0736]

My local UN skodeng team was already hit probably on defensive position now.

[@Jannah-t2p]

Peacekeepers should not allow Hezbollah to use them as human shields, they must get out of the way

[@anniefawcett9936]

UN peacekeepers should have done their jobs instead of letting Hezbollah get a stronghold in Lebanon. Just like the UN SHOULD HAVE NOT GONE INTO ISRAEL WITH HAMAS or better yet not have let Hamas take over the Gaza Strip

[@RafaStack-bh4sw]

Good luck to all UN troops I was there in 86 and Israel had no respect for the UN either

[@islandgirl101]

Why should Isreal respect terrorist sympathizers? FAFO!

[@rhetorical1488]

israfail is known for attacking UN outposts as they report on their warcrimes

[@nickmatatyahu9464]

What these peacekeepers did during this year when Hizballah was firing missiles on Israel 🇮🇱 ?

[@akponemenebassey3294]

So un security was in Lebanon overseeing herzbolah firing missiles into Israel who weren't at war with them and didn't do anything?

[@ChidubeIwu]

Is over for Al Jazeera

[@Noddy2750]

WHY

[@러블리-h1l]

동명부대가 걱정스럽네요.

[@DrAjit-r1q]

The peacekeeper must leave immediately

[@herbhealsus]

Jew bots in full force today

[@rhetorical1488]

they outsource their propaganda to the slums of India and Africa

[@WorldMovesAround]

What were they doing when Hezbollah inhabited where they are not supposed to be According to 1971 UN resolution? They are failures, allow Isreal deal with Hezbollah. Don't pretend like you are capable of doing what you are supposed to do 😢

[@candro5510]

How does UN keep the peace when rockets were and are fired from that place?!

[@deejay909]

😂😂😂.. UN peace keepers in Lebanon are usless.. doing nothing did nothing other than helping hisbulla..

[@amanilucy]

Why their allow hesbollah to buld tunnel

[@barryleveson6147]

Lebanon and Israel are not fighting

[@rapakavijayprabhakararao9522]

No problem to peacekeepers. Don't hipe unnecessary tensions to viewers

[@shayhuman6129]

refuse to leave!? the audacity! don't complain than.

[@_Helicam_]

Why aren't they at risk in losing their job? that they're obviously not doing.

[@duahlistowell9122]

Iran who claims to be strong don't want to fight but hezbollah who is dependent on Iran thinks they can fight 😂

[@patrickkaranja3987]

What's their work there if resolution 1701 was breached by Hezbollah at their watch!?

[@watanglipuhadjar2654]

even though Unifil was brought in from israel allied country (let say Europe), which is not in conflict, is it still risky? sorry for my stupid question. so that we understand the role of Unifil as a peacekeeping force, that's all.

[@nyemlangchenwanglim4129]

What peace they are keeping 😂

[@peterkazemba178]

What are they keeping honestly speaking.

[@aloysiuscrake7678]

The UN peacekeeping forces in Lebanon are just a joke😂 and totally correct. 🍼🍼😂 the UN flag🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ what were the UN doing all this time. 🐘🐘

[@spidy.b]

Stop the war

[@islandgirl101]

Defund UN.

[@mcdonalddaniel1799]

Let them step aside please.

[@sammysamuel7027]

They should leave there they could not keep any peace

[@princebenson6995]

From the security general down to the members, are all mad

[@francoisndwaniye60]

Peace keepers exist on Lebanon birder with Israel? Is it true?

[@edimarkovich168]

Peacekeepers? From oct 8 more than 10k missiles flied from lebannon to israel 😂 what a joke

[@the-peacmaker]

The UN are all but peacekeeper 😂😂😂😂

[@AidilSulaiman972]

Peacekeeper in krisis conflict just to watching crime what Israel did in Lebanon, They will report to the UN

[@Philipjalloh40]

Peace keeping my foot!!! Since they are there what has they been doing just wasting of money

[@mukhlisitech3945]

2:27 the woman is very scared...

[@IsraelMilitaryChannel]

Get out, it is now Israeli territory.

[@atruthseeker4554]

Isrehell has no place in middle east.. Go to Germany

[@tuffytoys9707]

! Israel Get out of the middle East and Go back Germany or USA, UK!

[@kem1036]

THE IRISH AINT MOVIN 🇮🇪✊🇱🇧✊🇵🇸

[@nualamartyn4918]

100% We Irish stand with Palestine and Lebanon 🇮🇪🇱🇧🇵🇸❤💚