Argentina has notified the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon that it is withdrawing three of its officers from the country, a Unifil spokesperson confirmed this Tuesday (19).
“Correct. Argentina asked its officers to return,” said Andrea Tenenti, a Unifil spokesperson, in response to a question about a newspaper report.
The spokesperson declined to comment on the reason for the departure, referring the question to the Argentine government.
Withdrawal takes place while Hezbollah accepts US proposal for a ceasefire with Israel. However, to date, conflict between countries has intensified.
Understand conflicts in the Middle East
Israel launched a major air and ground offensive against the Hezbollah group in Lebanon in late September. Like Hamas, Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad are radical groups financed by Iran, and therefore enemies of Israel.
Bombings in Lebanon have intensified in recent months, causing destruction and forcing more than a million people to leave their homes to escape the war. The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah has already left dozens of people dead in Lebanese territory.
At the same time, the war continues in the Gaza Strip, where the Israeli military is fighting Hamas and searching for hostages who were kidnapped more than a year ago during the radical group’s attack on Israeli territory on October 7, 2023. At the time, more than 1,200 people were killed and 250 kidnapped.
Since then, more than 43,000 Palestinians have died in Gaza during the Israeli offensive, which also destroyed virtually every building in the Palestinian territory.
On a third front of conflict, Israel and Iran exchanged attacks, which despite raising tension, did not evolve into an all-out war.
In addition, the Israeli Army has been carrying out bombings on Iranian-allied militia targets in Syria, Yemen and Iraq.
At the moment, truce negotiations are stalled in both Lebanon and the Gaza Strip.
This content was originally published in Argentina removes three officers from the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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