{"id":53687,"date":"2025-10-27T21:53:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T01:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/france-responsible-for-unifil-decision-to-shoot-down-israeli-drone-in-southern-lebanon\/27\/10\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T21:53:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T01:53:35","slug":"france-responsible-for-unifil-decision-to-shoot-down-israeli-drone-in-southern-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/france-responsible-for-unifil-decision-to-shoot-down-israeli-drone-in-southern-lebanon\/27\/10\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"France responsible for UNIFIL decision to shoot down Israeli drone in southern Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">France was responsible for deciding to shoot down an Israeli drone in Kafr Kila on Sunday, a diplomatic source told Le Figaro. The outlet also reported that the UNIFIL peacekeepers were French.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/diaspora\/antisemitism\/article-871324\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:France;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">France<\/a> was responsible for the decision to shoot down an Israeli drone in Kafr Kila, southern Lebanon, on Sunday, a diplomatic source told French outlet <em>Le Figaro<\/em> on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/unsc-unanimously-calls-disband-un-191539002.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:UNIFIL;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">UNIFIL<\/a> peacekeepers involved in the incident were from the French military, <em>Le Figaro<\/em> noted, while commenting that it is rare for peacekeepers to shoot down an Israeli drone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/disregard-safety-security-peacekeepers-unifil-005020139.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:claimed;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">claimed<\/a> that the Israeli drone came close to a UNIFIL patrol and &#8220;dropped a grenade,&#8221; followed by an Israeli tank which &#8220;fired a shot&#8221; towards UNIFIL peacekeepers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">UNIFIL also claimed that this followed a similar incident earlier on Sunday in the same location where &#8220;an Israeli drone flew over the UNIFIL patrol in an aggressive manner.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>A UN vehicle drives, during a Reuters&#8217; visit at Camp Shamrock where Irish and Polish peacekeepers of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) are stationed near Maroun al-Ras village close to the Lebanese-Israeli border, in southern Lebanon November 29, 2023. (credit: AZIZ TAHER\/REUTERS)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">UNIFIL asserted that the events violated UN Security Council Resolution 1701, as well as Lebanon&#8217;s sovereignty.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">IDF disputes UNIFIL&#8217;s report of events<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">However, the <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/trading-boots-cleats-idf-reservists-173115633.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:IDF;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">IDF<\/a> disputed this report of events.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">IDF Arabic Spokesperson Col. Avichay Adraee clarified that the original drone was shot down during a routine information-gathering and reconnaissance mission.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Preliminary investigations revealed that UNIFIL forces, which were present near the location, deliberately fired at the drone despite it posing no threat to them,&#8221; Adraee explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;After the drone was shot down, IDF soldiers threw a hand grenade at the area where the drone was downed,&#8221; he added, while confirming that no fire was directed towards UNIFIL peacekeepers, and that the incident will be investigated via military liaison channels.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/france-responsible-unifil-decision-shoot-013733648.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>France was responsible for deciding to shoot down an Israeli drone in Kafr Kila on Sunday, a diplomatic source told Le Figaro.<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/france-responsible-for-unifil-decision-to-shoot-down-israeli-drone-in-southern-lebanon\/27\/10\/2025\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/jerusalem_post_articles_818\/c7bc40a98cd56b2ffbd4370929a7fbff","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53687"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}