{"id":2146,"date":"2020-12-07T00:09:51","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T22:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abyadaswad.com\/_en\/?p=2146"},"modified":"2020-12-07T00:11:41","modified_gmt":"2020-12-06T22:11:41","slug":"unifil-mob-seizes-un-peacekeeper-equipment-in-south-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abyadaswad.com\/_en\/unifil-mob-seizes-un-peacekeeper-equipment-in-south-lebanon\/","title":{"rendered":"UNIFIL: Mob seizes UN peacekeeper equipment in south Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\u201cA large group of civilians&#8230; dispossessed the UNIFIL patrol of items and equipment,\u201d a statement said<\/li>\n<li>The area where the equipment was seized is a bastion of the Shiite movement Hezbollah<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post1\"><p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Responsive below details pages -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5312900198931270\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7850515581\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p>BEIRUT [Arab News]: A mob seized equipment from a UNIFIL convoy in south Lebanon after blocking its route, the UN peacekeeping force said Saturday of its latest run-in with the local population.<br \/>\nThe incident, which required the intervention of the Lebanese army, took place on Friday as the UNIFIL convoy passed through the village of Kaouthariyet Al-Saiyad on the way back to base, according to the statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA large group of civilians&#8230; dispossessed the UNIFIL patrol of items and equipment,\u201d the statement said, without specifying what was taken.<\/p>\n<p>Lebanon and Israel are still technically at war, and the United Nations force patrols the border between the two.<\/p>\n<p>The convoy was able to leave the village after the army intervened, \u201calthough the equipment was not returned to the peacekeepers,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post1\"><p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Responsive below details pages -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5312900198931270\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7850515581\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p>The seizure of UNIFIL equipment by civilians is rare, but sporadic incidents take place between the force and members of the local population, who sometimes block patrol routes.<\/p>\n<p>The area is a bastion of the Shiite movement Hezbollah, which is a heavyweight in Lebanese politics and sworn enemy of neighboring Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Set up in 1978, UNIFIL was beefed up after a month-long devastating war in 2006 between Israel and Hezbollah.<\/p>\n<p>The 10,500-strong force, in coordination with the Lebanese army, is tasked with monitoring a cease-fire and Israeli pullout from a demilitarised zone on the border.<\/p>\n<p>In August, the Security Council extended UNIFIL\u2019s mandate by one year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post1\"><p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Responsive below details pages -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5312900198931270\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7850515581\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cA large group of civilians&#8230; dispossessed the UNIFIL patrol of items and equipment,\u201d a statement said The area where the equipment was seized is a bastion of the Shiite movement Hezbollah BEIRUT [Arab News]: A mob seized equipment from a UNIFIL convoy in south Lebanon after blocking its route, the UN peacekeeping force said Saturday &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":2147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-lebanon-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abyadaswad.com\/_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abyadaswad.com\/_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abyadaswad.com\/_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abyadaswad.com\/_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abyadaswad.com\/_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abyadaswad.com\/_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abyadaswad.com\/_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abyadaswad.com\/_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abyadaswad.com\/_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abyadaswad.com\/_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}