UNIFIL, Lebanese Army Take Measures following Israeli Border Action
U.N. peacekeepers and Lebanese troops intensified patrols along the Arqoub region overnight and early Friday following Israeli army action around Shebaa Farms and nearby Kfarshouba, the state-run National news Agency reported.
It said UNIFIL together with the Lebanese army intensified patrols around the Arqoub region from Shebaa Farms as far north as Kfarshouba and Mjaidiyeh and Abbasssiyeh to the south all the way to the vicinity of Ghajar and Wazzani River.
U.N. peacekeepers stepped up military and security measures along the border following a decision by the U.N. Security Council on Thursday to extend UNIFIL”s mandate for one year without amending its jurisdictions.