Andrew McCarthy updates events in Israel’s current multifront war in the NRO/Corner post “Hezbollah Attack Kills Four Israeli Soldiers as U.S. Deploys Troops to Operate Missile Defense System.” Unless you follow events with the help of Elon Musk’s X, you may not know that the United Nations forces pose something like an eighth front as they work in apparent collaboration with Hezbollah south of the Litani River:
[I]t has long been obvious that Hezbollah is able to mount significant attacks against Israel because it is using UNIFIL — the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon — as its shield. UNIFIL was established as a peacekeeping force in 1978; of course, there hasn’t been peace, so the “interim” has lasted 46 years and the mission has changed several times. The common thread throughout that time has been that UNIFIL is utterly ineffective — at best — in enforcing restrictions on Hezbollah. Its presence makes it easier for the jihadists to launch cross-border attacks and harder for Israel to conduct combat operations to destroy Hezbollah’s strongholds. (The Times of Israel reports that 25 rockets and missiles have been fired at Israel in recent weeks from launch points right next to UNIFIL positions.) Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is demanding that the U.N. evacuate the UNIFIL troops; thus far, U.N. secretary-general António Guterres is refusing.
Here is one video illustrating the apparent Hezbollah/UNIFIL collaboration.
Breaking: The IDF has revealed massive, heavily fortified Hezbollah tunnels were found just meters away from UNIFIL posts in Southern Lebanon.
UNIFIL's sole mandate was to ensure Hezbollah remained north of the Litani River. They completely failed their sole job. pic.twitter.com/sDNrJzOmIA
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) October 13, 2024
Here is one more.
Breaking: The IDF has released video evidence that a massive cached of Hezbollah weapons were stored 500 meters from a UNIFIL base.
A reminder that UNIFIL’s sole responsibility is to not allow Hezbollah to have weapons. pic.twitter.com/uCJPTG0Ke1
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) October 13, 2024
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