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Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-821425
Israel: UN Security Council Must Insist that Hizbullah Leave Southern Lebanon
(Jerusalem Post) Tovah Lazaroff - The UN Security Council must act to ensure that the Iranian proxy Hizbullah pulls out of southern Lebanon, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said in a letter to the council on Monday. "Even before October 8, Israel repeatedly warned the Security Council and UNIFIL about Hizbullah's increasing military entrenchment on both sides of the Litani River. Now, this council must bring about a full implementation of UNSC Resolution 1701 and guarantee that there are no armed personnel, assets, and weapons between the Blue Line and the Litani River, other than those of the Government of Lebanon and UNIFIL." Resolution 1701 set out the ceasefire terms that ended the Second Lebanon War in 2006. That resolution mandates that no armed actor, such as Hizbullah, is allowed to operate between the Israeli-Lebanese border and the Litani River.