Blue Line (withdrawal line) - Wikipedia
WEBThe Blue Line is a demarcation line dividing Lebanon from Israel and the Golan Heights. It was published by the United Nations on 7 June 2000 for the purposes of determining whether Israel had fully withdrawn from Lebanon.
UN warns of escalating tensions on Lebanon-Israel ‘Blue Line’ …
WEBJul 5, 2024 · The UN voiced deep concern on Friday at the increase in the intensity of exchanges of fire across the Blue Line, which separates Lebanese and Israeli armed forces.
It’s time to talk about the Blue Line: Constructive re-engagement …
WEBMar 5, 2021 · The Blue Line, stretching for 120km along Lebanon’s southern frontier, is a key to peace in the region. It is not a border, but a “line of withdrawal.” It was set by the United Nations in 2000 for the practical purpose of confirming the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the south of Lebanon.
An increasingly thin blue line between Israel and Lebanon
WEBJul 15, 2024 · As the fight between Hezbollah, an Iran-back group and the Israeli forces intensified, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, UNIFIL is facing challenge to carry out the peacekeeping mission in the south of Lebanon near the border.
Why is there a disputed border between Lebanon and Israel?
WEBJul 13, 2023 · Tensions between Israel and Lebanon rose in June after the Hezbollah tents were erected, and amid claims by Hezbollah that Israel was building a wall on the Lebanese part of Ghajar, a village...
U.N. peacekeepers brace for war between Israel and Lebanon's …
WEBJul 15, 2024 · At the UNIFIL base closest to the blue line, just a few hundred feet from Israel, cracks radiate from holes in solar panels hit by shrapnel from missiles destroyed in the air by Israeli...
Hizbollah’s new tactics spook Israel on Blue Line border with Lebanon
WEBJul 29, 2023 · Hizbollah’s new tactics spook Israel on Blue Line border with Lebanon. Each side accuses the other of stepping up provocations at one of the region’s tensest frontiers. A Lebanese army...
The Red-Hot Blue Line - The Washington Institute
WEBJan 11, 2024 · A day after Hamas’s October 7 massacre, Hezbollah began attacking across the Blue Line, the UN-drawn provisional border between Israel and Lebanon. The group’s stated purpose was to show solidarity with Hamas and pin some IDF forces down so that they could not aid the Gaza fight.
Israel-Lebanon border tension raises fears of bloody escalation - BBC
WEBJul 28, 2023 · Recent months have seen a growing number of incidents at the so-called Blue Line, the United Nations-patrolled boundary that separates Israel and the occupied Golan Heights from Lebanon.
Israel-Lebanon border tension raises fears of bloody escalation
WEBJul 28, 2023 · Recent months have seen a growing number of incidents at the so-called Blue Line, the United Nations-patrolled boundary that separates Israel and the occupied Golan Heights from Lebanon.
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