"IDF chief Aviv Kohavi on Sunday called on United Nations peacekeepers and the Lebanese government to take action against the Hezbollah terror group's precision missile project, indicating that Israel would be forced to act if they didn't.
Kohavi conveyed this position in a meeting with Maj.-Gen. Stefano Del Col, the head of the UN's Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), following a clash along the border with Hezbollah on Sunday in which the terror group fired anti-tank guided missiles at Israeli positions near the security fence. No soldiers were injured, and the Israel Defense Forces retaliated by firing approximately 100 artillery shells and bombs at Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon.
'We will not accept harm to our citizens or our soldiers, and we will not accept Hezbollah's precision missile project on Lebanese soil,' Kohavi told Del Col..."
September 2, 2019
IDF chief to UNIFIL: Stop Hezbollah's missile program, or we will
IDF chief Aviv Kohavi (second left) meets with the head of UNIFIL Stefano Del Col on September 1, 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)
Date
September 2, 2019
Title
IDF chief to UNIFIL: Stop Hezbollah’s missile program, or we will, The Times of Israel
Author(s)
Judah Ari Gross
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