UN says Israeli forces continue to cross Lebanon border
The U.N. peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon has reported that armed activities by Israeli forces north of the Blue Line -- the U.N.-drawn boundary -- violate a Security Council resolution that ended the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war.
U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in the latest incident a peacekeeping patrol reported that 10 Israeli soldiers crossed north of the Blue Line on Monday near Alma al-Shaab.
Dujarric said peacekeepers from the U.N. force known as UNIFIL also continue to discover unauthorized weapons and ammunition caches.
On Friday, he said, they found a suspected rocket launching site near the village of Kfar Hammam and reported it to the Lebanese Army.
Since November’s cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, peacekeepers have detected about 240 sites with unauthorized weapons and ammunition, Dujarric said.
Source: Associated Press
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