Useless UNIFIL

"The Lebanese militia’s consistent intimidation of UNIFIL troops has played a major role in neutering the peacekeeping force, added Doron, who is now a senior advisor at the non-profit United Against Nuclear Iran, where he focuses on Hezbollah. He noted that there have been multiple suspected Hezbollah attacks on UNIFIL over the years, including a June 2007 car bomb, which killed six UN peacekeepers near the southern Lebanese town of Khiyam. In June 2023, Lebanon’s military tribunal accused five Hezbollah members of killing Irish UNIFIL trooper Sean Rooney the previous December. But of the five accused, only one was arrested—and he was later released on bail. Nearly two years after the killing, Rooney’s family say that the UN has still not responded to a coroner’s request to help investigate his death."