Overview
- The draft resolution would extend the peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon to 31 August 2026 and states the Council’s intent to work toward a UNIFIL withdrawal with Beirut assuming sole security.
- France and Lebanon back the one‑year extension, the United States and Israel are hostile to it, and diplomats have not ruled out a potential U.S. veto.
- The text urges Israel to pull remaining forces north of the UN‑demarcated Blue Line, including five positions identified as inside Lebanese territory.
- UNIFIL fields roughly 10,800 peacekeepers from contributors such as Indonesia, India, Italy, Ghana and Nepal and has served as a buffer between Israel and Lebanon since 1978.
- UN officials called UNIFIL’s support to the Lebanese army crucial, citing help to deploy 8,300 troops and provide logistics, funding, fuel and training, and Lebanon’s president publicly pressed to keep the force in place.