Journalist Ariel Kahana (Israel Hayom) published a photo taken this week in southern Lebanon showing a UNIFIL soldier attempting to intercept an Israeli drone. Kahana also cites officers who served in the sector saying UNIFIL soldiers serve as a 'Trojan horse,' passing IDF positions and movements to Hezbollah.
Journalist Ariel Kahana (Israel Hayom) published a photo on Tuesday that he says was taken this week in southern Lebanon, showing a UNIFIL soldier attempting to intercept an Israeli drone. The image was posted alongside a post discussing international efforts to revive the UNIFIL mission under a different name.
Kahana cited officers who served in the sector, who told him that UNIFIL soldiers 'are a Trojan horse on the ground' for the IDF — passing information to Hezbollah about IDF positions and troop movements. The claim echoes previous allegations from Israeli officials, including MK Zvi Succot, who in June demanded the expulsion of UNIFIL forces from southern Lebanon, accusing the peacekeeping force of collecting information on IDF troop positions and relaying it to Hezbollah.
As The Zioneer has reported, France has confirmed plans to deploy a force to replace UNIFIL in Lebanon, amid longstanding Israeli criticism of the peacekeeping mission's effectiveness and allegations of Hezbollah infiltration. The claims in Kahana's post are based on anonymous officer accounts and have not been independently verified by the IDF or UNIFIL.
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