Overview

• The 15-member council approved a final mandate that ends the mission on 31 December 2026 and launches an orderly withdrawal to be completed in roughly one year.
• The resolution tasks the Lebanese state with becoming the sole security guarantor in the south north of the UN-drawn Blue Line and urges Israel to withdraw remaining troops from the area.
• UNIFIL currently fields about 10,000 personnel from more than 40 countries, including roughly 300 German soldiers.
• Israel and the United States pushed to wind down the mission, while France and other critics warned that a rapid drawdown could be risky given Lebanese Armed Forces shortfalls and Hezbollah’s potential to exploit gaps.
• Implementation comes after a fragile ceasefire and reports of Israeli forces holding strategic posts, with past attacks on UNIFIL underscoring operational vulnerability.