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The United Nations Security Council extends the mandate of the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon for a year, calling for a "de-escalation" of a recent surge in violence between Israel and armed group Hezbollah. The unanimously adopted resolution says the council "decides to extend the present mandate of UNIFIL until 31st August 2025," referring to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon. IMAGES
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"What good does this mandate do when it failed so miserably to meet any of its objectives?", new Israeli ambassador to the UN Danny Danon tells the press before the UN Security Council votes to extend the mandate of the peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) for a further year. He argues that the rocket attack that killed 12 teenage children in the Israeli annexed part of the Syrian Golan Heights at the end of July was "a direct result of the failure of UNIFIL and the Lebanese government" to implement the Council's resolutions. SOUNDBITE
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