UNIFIL commander says danger of escalation on Israel-Lebanon border is 'real'

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Major General Aroldo Lazaro Saenz, head of Mission and Force Commander, United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), the UN military force entrusted with peacekeeping in southern Lebanon, said he believes that the danger of an escalation on the Israel-Lebanon border is "real." Lazaro in a statement called for "a cessation of hostilities, action toward a permanent cease-fire and a long-term solution to the conflict." The statement also noted that "50 countries are sending forces to South Lebanon in the belief that long-term peace is possible. Since October, the UNIFIL force has called on the parties to honor their commitments to Resolution 1701 (which ended the 2006 Lebanon war). There is no military solution to the conflict, the political and diplomatic solution is the only way forward." (Lior Ben Ari)
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