A UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) patrol was intercepted on Thursday by residents in the town of Abbasiya, located in the Tyre district of southern Lebanon, marking the third such incident in less than two weeks.
The incident occurred at the al-Raz project site, where local residents stopped the patrol and forced it to change its route. In a video circulating on social media platform X, one resident expressed concern that the UNIFIL vehicles were moving between residential buildings without coordination or an escort from the Lebanese Army, which he said “caused anxiety” among the population.
Similar confrontations have taken place recently. On Tuesday, residents in the town of Bint Jbeil intercepted a UNIFIL patrol that entered the area without a Lebanese Army escort. Just days earlier, on Friday, April 25, a UNIFIL convoy was blocked twice, albeit briefly, near the town of Tayr Dabba.
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