UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon will end this year

WBUR

Published October 28, 2026 at 12:00 PM EDT

The U.S. and Israel pressured the United Nations to end peacekeeping missions in Lebanon this year. It is one of the UN’s longest-running peacekeeping missions.

Peacekeepers there say no one will be left to monitor Hezbollah or witness Israel’s destruction in south Lebanon.

NPR’s Jane Arraf reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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