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Following the outbreak of conflict in Gaza on October 7, 2023, tensions have been escalating along the Blue Line – a 120-kilometre demarcation line established by the United Nations in 2000. In a region already grappling with explosive ordnance contamination Read More …
Hezbollah has listed 11 bases it said it targeted, but it and the IDF have also implied that it was also hoping to target Mossad headquarters and IDF headquarters. The Jerusalem Post understands that measures were even taken in advance Read More …
Recently, French Colonel Peyrecave, J3 Chief of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), inspected the 22nd Chinese Peacekeeping Troops to UNIFIL and expressed his appreciation for China’s outstanding contribution to UNIFIL. Upon arriving at the camp, Peyrecave and Read More …
Handicap International Federation (HI), to enhance community safety by clearing explosive remnants of war in El Mechref village, Chouf district. On August 6, 2024, Ambassador MAGOSHI Masayuki signed a grant contract with Mr. Aurelien Thienpont, Country Manager of HI. HI Read More …
The German government on Wednesday banned an organization accused of being an “outpost” of Iran’s theocracy, promoting the ideology of its leadership and supporting Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group. Police raided 53 properties around the country, including a prominent mosque in Read More …
A survey of clearance operators and national authorities provides insight into how close three countries are to removing all anti-personnel landmines and cluster munitions. This policy brief summarises data collected for Lebanon, Mauritania and Zimbabwe on budgets for clearing anti-personnel Read More …
In barely a week, the Israel Defense Forces has lost two fighters to powerful roadside bombs in the West Bank. Cpt. Alon Sacgiu, 22, a sniper team commander in the Kfir Brigade’s Haruv reconnaissance unit, was killed in an explosion Read More …
In Wednesday’s incident, two relatively small but accurate explosive drones were launched in a coordinated manner, in a way that not only caused fatal damage to the rescue and medical teams that arrived within a few minutes, but also penetrated Read More …
A gunman fired shots at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut on Wednesday, the Lebanese army said. The army said it fired back and injured the attacker, a Syrian national, who was then taken to hospital for treatment, according to some Read More …
Sri Lankan peacekeepers recently visited the barracks of the 22nd Chinese Peacekeeping Multi-role Engineering Company to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). The two sides exchanged views on the current security situation in the mission area and shared Read More …
Four IDF soldiers were wounded by an unidentified explosion just inside the Lebanese side of the western border with Israel during operations related to securing the border. The IDF is still reviewing what caused the explosion but did not say Read More …
The 22nd Chinese Peacekeeping Multi-Role Engineering Company to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) had exchanges on mine clearance and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) with the French peacekeeping battalion on the morning of April 4, the International Day Read More …
The four members of the U.N.’s technical observation mission in southern Lebanon were wounded as they were carrying out a foot patrol in south Lebanon. Andrea Tenenti, spokesperson for the U.N. peacekeeping mission UNIFIL, said its “preliminary investigation showed that Read More …
The 22nd Chinese Peacekeeping Troops to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) were invited to an exchange activity with the French battalion, which also undertakes the peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, on February 26. During the event, the engineering Read More …
The IDF struck Hezbollah terror targets deep inside Lebanon on Monday afternoon, the military announced. At least two simultaneous strikes hit around Lebanon’s city of Baalbek, two security sources told Reuters, in the first bombardment of eastern Lebanon since regional Read More …
Engineering forces of the Alexandroni Brigade cleared close to 30 kilometers of routes near Israel’s northern border with Lebanon, the military said on Wednesday, granting it significant freedom of action on the northern front. The Alexandroni Brigade, deployed from Metulla Read More …
On Monday, February 19, a drone carrying explosives struck a field near Arbel in northern Israel. This is around 30 kilometers from the Lebanon border, which meant the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) had flown for some distance inside Israeli airspace. Read More …
IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari says the Israeli military was behind large airstrikes near Sidon in Lebanon earlier today. Hagari says the strikes targeted weapons depots belonging to the Hezbollah terror group. Read more… Source: The Times of Israel Read More …
Police in Argentina have arrested three people for suspicion of planning a terrorist attack at the Pan American Maccabi Games in Buenos Aires, according to police reports from Argentina. The Argentine Federal Police (PFA) arrested three men from Syria and Read More …
Lebanese media report that Saleh al-Arouri, a deputy political leader of Hamas, was killed in a drone strike in southern Beirut on Tuesday along with six others – two Hamas military commanders and four other members. He was a key Read More …