US: Hezbollah’s amassing of weapons on Israel’s northern border must stop – By Tovah Lazaroff (The Jerusalem Post) / Aug 31, 2022
The US warned that UNIFIL peacekeepers are being increasingly blocked from fulfilling their mission.
Hezbollah must stop stockpiling weapons on Israel’s northern border, deputy US Ambassador Richard Mills told the United Nations Security Council in New York on Wednesday after it voted to renew the mandate of the organization’s peacekeepers in that area of southern Lebanon.
“The US shares this council’s significant concern about the state of affairs in southern Lebanon, in particular, Hezbollah’s threatening activities,” he said.
Tensions continue surrounding Lebanon-Israel maritime border demarcation talks
On Wednesday, a Reuters deputy editor posted a video of two Lebanese ministers symbolically throwing rocks in Israel’s direction.
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