UNIFIL spokesman Andrea Tenenti said on Thursday that "the families of UNIFIL soldiers must leave Lebanon."
This request, the UN official recalled, follows "an order that was issued as early as May by the UN, when tensions were escalating on the border between Lebanon and Israel," and where a war has been raging since October 8, 2023.
"Many families had already left Lebanon, while others remained in Beirut, where the situation was relatively calm. They are now affected by this new procedure," continued Tenenti.
These measures come at a time when the Lebanese population is living in fear of an Iranian response against Israel, following the assassination last Wednesday of Ismail Haniyeh, head of the Hamas political bureau, who was killed in Teheran.
Not to mention the murder on the previous day of Fouad Shokr, a prominent Hezbollah's military chief and an influential adviser to Hassan Nasrallah, in Haret Hreik, in the heart of Hezbollah's stronghold in Beirut's southern suburbs. Shokr had died in an Israeli air strike that left four dead, including two children, and 74 injured.
This request, the UN official recalled, follows "an order that was issued as early as May by the UN, when tensions were escalating on the border between Lebanon and Israel," and where a war has been raging since October 8, 2023.
"Many families had already left Lebanon, while others remained in Beirut, where the situation was relatively calm. They are now affected by this new procedure," continued Tenenti.
These measures come at a time when the Lebanese population is living in fear of an Iranian response against Israel, following the assassination last Wednesday of Ismail Haniyeh, head of the Hamas political bureau, who was killed in Teheran.
Not to mention the murder on the previous day of Fouad Shokr, a prominent Hezbollah's military chief and an influential adviser to Hassan Nasrallah, in Haret Hreik, in the heart of Hezbollah's stronghold in Beirut's southern suburbs. Shokr had died in an Israeli air strike that left four dead, including two children, and 74 injured.
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