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IDF Accuses UNIFIL of Filming Troop Movements, Warns of Potential Hezbollah Leaks

The UN peacekeeping mission apologized after a memo copied Lebanese army language that labeled Israel the 'Israeli enemy'.

Overview

  • Army Radio reported that IDF officials say UN peacekeepers have been recording near active Israeli positions along the Lebanon border and fear the footage reaches Hezbollah.
  • The IDF contends such material could aid Hezbollah’s operational planning, though the reports present no independent evidence that transfers occurred.
  • An IDF-discovered coordination document referred to Israel as the “Israeli enemy,” which the UN mission said was a copy‑paste mistake and for which it issued an apology.
  • A senior IDF officer said the mission hampers military freedom of action and called for it to leave the area.
  • Israeli mistrust of the force has grown in recent weeks as Hezbollah re‑entrenches in southern Lebanon and pressure mounts on Beirut to restrain the group.