The United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) documented intense Israeli military activity across its area of operations between Friday and Monday, a UN spokesperson told reporters.<\/p>\n
Over 1,296 Israeli projectiles<\/p>\n
Farhan Haq said that during this period, peacekeepers observed more than 1,296 trajectories or projectiles attributed to the Israeli Defense Forces, alongside 64 attributed to Hezbollah. He also noted that \u201cincidents involving the denial of freedom of movement to UNIFIL peacekeepers continue to occur daily,\u201d adding that an Israeli army tank and bulldozer blocked UNIFIL personnel in Sector West on Saturday. Haq reiterated that \u201cthe responsibility of all actors is to ensure UNIFIL has unrestricted freedom of movement and the discharge of its mandated functions.\u201d<\/p>\n
Deteriorating humanitarian situation<\/p>\n
Citing the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Haq pointed to the worsening humanitarian crisis in Lebanon despite the ceasefire. \u201cMore than 100 strikes were reported in the past 24 hours alone, while 87 people were killed over the weekend,\u201d he said. He warned that without full funding for the $308 million Flash Appeal covering March to May, \u201cthere will be interruptions to critical services, such as health, water, and sanitation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ceasefire violations mount<\/p>\n
Although a ceasefire was announced on April 17 and extended until May 17, the Israeli army continues daily strikes across Lebanon. Since March 2, Israeli attacks have killed at least 2,869 people, wounded 8,730, and displaced more than 1.6 million\u2014roughly one-fifth of Lebanon\u2019s population. T\u00fcrkiye has repeatedly condemned the ongoing violations and called on the international community to take concrete steps to halt the bloodshed and ensure UNIFIL\u2019s full operational freedom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) documented intense Israeli military activity across its area of operations…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109060,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[3065,37521,37,515,93,2081,26545,3484],"class_list":{"0":"post-109059","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lebanon","8":"tag-ceasefire","9":"tag-farhan-haq","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-israeli-army","12":"tag-lebanon","13":"tag-strikes","14":"tag-un-peacekeeping-force","15":"tag-unifil"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116557971659514401","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}