{"id":56247,"date":"2025-11-13T10:07:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T10:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/un-peacekeepers-restore-border-markers-along-blue-line-separating-lebanon\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T10:09:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T10:09:18","slug":"un-peacekeepers-restore-border-markers-along-blue-line-separating-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/un-peacekeepers-restore-border-markers-along-blue-line-separating-lebanon\/","title":{"rendered":"UN peacekeepers restore border markers along Blue Line separating Lebanon, Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The markers, damaged last year, are intended to prevent misunderstandings, accidental crossings, and help maintain stability in the area, Pokharel said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The Blue Line, established by the UN in 2000 to confirm Israel&#8217;s withdrawal from Lebanon, was further formalized with marker installations agreed to by Lebanon, Israel, and the UN in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, according to UNIFIL sources, Lebanese army intelligence, and local witnesses, the Israeli army has begun building a concrete wall at Jal al-Deir, behind a newly established military post in Mount al-Bat, about one kilometer inside Lebanese territory.<\/p>\n<p>A Lebanese intelligence source said Israeli forces, backed by tanks, have completed roughly 35 meters of a six-meter-high wall.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Israeli military told the Jewish News Syndicate that the barrier lies fully within Israeli territory, rejecting &#8220;unverified reports&#8221; of extensions beyond the Blue Line into southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on Wednesday that Beirut has yet to receive an official Israeli response to proposals for negotiations to reclaim occupied territory. &#8220;Talks have only addressed the principle of negotiation, not the details,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>A ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel, brokered by the United States and France, has been in effect since Nov. 27, 2024, largely ending the clashes triggered by the war in Gaza. <\/p>\n<p>Despite the agreement, Israel continues occasional strikes in Lebanon, citing threats from Hezbollah, and maintains forces at five key points along the border after a Feb. 18 deadline for full withdrawal passed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-97595\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/02ccfde0-7d7a-4caf-a17d-7332af71ceea.jpg\" alt=\"The markers, damaged last year, are intended to prevent misunderstandings, accidental crossings, and help maintain stability in the area.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) began restoring and reinstalling blue boundary markers along the Blue Line separating Lebanon and Israel on Wednesday, said UNIFIL spokesperson Tilak Pokharel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000097593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[235],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-56247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-xinhua"],"bylines":[{"id":235,"name":"Xinhua","slug":"xinhua","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":80}],"contributors":[{"id":235,"name":"Xinhua","slug":"xinhua","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":80}],"featured_image":{"id":2000097593,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/02ccfde0-7d7a-4caf-a17d-7332af71ceea.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/02ccfde0-7d7a-4caf-a17d-7332af71ceea.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/02ccfde0-7d7a-4caf-a17d-7332af71ceea.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/02ccfde0-7d7a-4caf-a17d-7332af71ceea.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/02ccfde0-7d7a-4caf-a17d-7332af71ceea.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/02ccfde0-7d7a-4caf-a17d-7332af71ceea.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000097593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56247"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=56247"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=56247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}