UN warns of a 'security vacuum' in southern Lebanon if peacekeepers withdraw
Jean-Pierre Lacroix, head of the UN Department of Peace Operations, called on the Security Council to determine what will replace the UNIFIL mission and warned of risks: about 10,000 people live between Israel's forward defensive line and the 'blue line,' and the withdrawal of peacekeepers would leave the Lebanese army and Israeli forces face to face without a third party.
Otabek Yusupov