Security Council extends UNIFIL peacekeepers‘ mandate, rejects Hezbollah demands – Resolution orders Lebanese groups to stop blocking movement of UN peacekeeping force; Israel calls on world to adopt ‘firm stand’ against terror group’s ‘provocations’ | Timesofisrael

The United Nations Security Council voted on Thursday to extend the mandate of the UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, hours before it was due to expire.
The vote was 13-0, with permanent members China and Russia both abstaining.
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, or UNIFIL, has sought to maintain calm in southern Lebanon since its creation in 1978, and is currently tasked with enforcing a UN resolution barring armed operations by Lebanese terror group Hezbollah near the ceasefire line that forms the de facto border.