Lebanese Army Intervenes After UNIFIL Patrol Faces Hostility in Bint Jbeil

The Lebanese Army was deployed on Friday to de-escalate a tense confrontation between residents of the southern town of Jmayjimeh and a patrol from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), amid a spike in incidents involving international peacekeepers in the region.

According to Al-Hadath TV, the altercation broke out after a UNIFIL unit was confronted by locals in Jmayjimeh, a town located in the Bint Jbeil district. The confrontation quickly escalated, prompting the peacekeepers to fire warning shots into the air in an effort to disperse the crowd.

Al-Jadeed TV reported that the UN force also released a tear gas canister after facing repeated hostilities, a move that heightened tensions on the ground and drew more residents to the scene.

The situation remained volatile until the arrival of a Lebanese Army unit, which intervened to mediate between the parties and worked to defuse the standoff.