UNIFIL: 365 projectiles Lebanon strikes and aid

Oct 5

Haq relays UNIFIL observations of Israeli ground activity, Lebanese airspace and territorial-water violations and airstrikes. Between Thursday and Sunday, recorded airspace violations declined compared with the previous week while projectiles fired increased to 365. On Saturday, peacekeepers informed the Lebanese army of about fifty abandoned jerry cans in Ett Taibe believed to contain explosive material. UNIFIL facilitated seven humanitarian missions during the Thursday–Sunday period. The suspected contents are not confirmed.

The October 5 briefing relays UNIFIL's October 1–4 monitoring update: Israeli ground activity, airspace and territorial-water violations and airstrikes; fewer recorded airspace violations but 365 projectiles fired; about fifty abandoned jerry cans in Ett Taibe suspected of containing explosives, reported to Lebanon's army on October 3; and seven facilitated humanitarian missions. The suspected material is not confirmed.