UN says Israeli wall crosses Lebanon border

Record ID: 2277594

  • Title: UN says Israeli wall crosses Lebanon border
  • Date: 14th November 2025
  • Summary: NORTHERN ISRAEL (RECENT - NOVEMBER 10, 2025) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF U.N. VEHICLES IN LEBANON AS SEEN FROM ISRAELI SIDE OF BORDER LEBANON FLATBED TRUCKS NEAR BORDER TANK ON TRUCK SOLDIERS TANK DISMOUNTING TRUCK BORDER VARIOUS U.N. VEHICLES IN LEBANON AS SEEN FROM ISRAEL AN ISRAELI ARMOURED VEHICLE DRIVING IN THE DISTANCE VARIOUS OF SMOKE IN LEBANON AS SEEN FROM ISRAEL BORDER
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  • Keywords: Israel Lebanon United Nations
  • Location: UNITED NATIONS / NORTHERN ISRAEL
  • City: UNITED NATIONS / NORTHERN ISRAEL
  • Country: US
  • Topics: North America,Government/Politics,United Nations
  • Reuters ID: LVA002218614112025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:A survey conducted by the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon last month found that a wall built by the Israeli military crosses the Blue Line, the de facto border, a U.N. spokesperson said on Friday (November 14).
    The Blue Line is a U.N.-mapped line separating Lebanon from Israel and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
    Stephane Dujarric, the spokesperson for the U.N. Secretary-General, said the concrete T-wall erected by the IDF has made more than 4,000 square meters (nearly an acre) of Lebanese territory inaccessible to the local population.
    A section of an additional wall, which has also crossed the Blue Line, is being erected southeast of Yaroun, he said, citing the peacekeepers.
    Dujarric said UNIFIL informed the Israeli military of its findings and requested that the wall be removed.
    "The Israeli presence and construction on Lebanese territory is a violation of Security Council resolution 1701, as well as... of Lebanon's sovereignty and territorial integrity," he said.
    An Israeli military spokesperson denied the wall crossed the Blue Line.
    UNIFIL, established in 1978, operates between the Litani River in the north and the Blue Line in the south. The mission has more than 10,000 troops from 50 countries and about 800 civilian staff, according to its website.
    (Production:  Avi Ohayon, Lianne Back, Roleen Tafakji, Roselle Chen)
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