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BEIRUT, Jan 16 (KUNA) -- United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Friday called on the Israeli occupation army to ensure the safety of peacekeepers and to cease activities that endanger them.
The call came a day after peacekeepers on a planned patrol near Adeisse were warned by locals about a potential danger at a home, and discovered an explosive device connected to a detonating cord.
"We remind the IDF of its obligation to ensure the safety of peacekeepers and to cease activities that endanger them. Any actions that put peacekeepers at risk are serious violations of Security Council resolution 1701, and undermine the stability all of us are working to achieve," the UNIFIL said in a press release.
The peacekeepers set up a security cordon and prepared to check another house. Soon after, a drone that had been hovering overhead dropped a grenade about 30 meters from the peacekeepers, it added.
UNIFIL sent a stop-fire request to the Israeli occupation army and fortunately, no one was injured.
Such Israeli occupation activities on Lebanese territory put local civilians at risk and are a violation of Security Council resolution 1701, it added. (end)
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