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![Adchit al-Qusayr]], [[Southern Lebanon]], 2020](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BTR-80 of Garuda Indobatt Contingent UNIFIL.png?width=200 "Adchit al-Qusayr]], [[Southern Lebanon]], 2020")
![[[Fiji]]an soldiers visiting UNIFIL OP during a patrol](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/FMR Fiji.jpg?width=200 "[[Fiji]]an soldiers visiting UNIFIL OP during a patrol")
![[[Irish Army]] peacekeepers during an inspection while serving with UNIFIL on 19 September 2013.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Irishamylebanon.jpg?width=200 "[[Irish Army]] peacekeepers during an inspection while serving with UNIFIL on 19 September 2013.")
![Blue Line]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Italian Army - Mechanized Brigade "Granatieri di Sardegna" patrol in Lebanon May 2020 - 03.png?width=200 "Blue Line]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]")
![A soldier from the [[Italian Army]] stands guard during the UNIFIL mission in Lebanon](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Italian Soldier UNIFIL 2 Lebanon 2007.jpg?width=200 "A soldier from the [[Italian Army]] stands guard during the UNIFIL mission in Lebanon")
![KRI ''Usman Harun'']] steam along the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. KRI ''Usman Harun'' arrived to relieve KRI ''Bung Tomo'' in UNIFIL's Maritime Task Force mission](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/KRI Bung Tomo & KRI Usman Harun.jpg?width=200 "KRI ''Usman Harun'']] steam along the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. KRI ''Usman Harun'' arrived to relieve KRI ''Bung Tomo'' in UNIFIL's Maritime Task Force mission")
.jpg?width=200 "Dutch UNIFIL base, 1981")
![[[Lebanon cedar]] planted in [[Newbridge, County Kildare]], Ireland to commemorate Irish soldiers who died on UN service.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Memorial in Newbridge.jpg?width=200 "[[Lebanon cedar]] planted in [[Newbridge, County Kildare]], Ireland to commemorate Irish soldiers who died on UN service.")
![Finnish XA-180]] in the UNIFIL operation in [[Lebanon]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sisu XA-180.jpg?width=200 "Finnish XA-180]] in the UNIFIL operation in [[Lebanon]]")
![UNIFIL [[Sisu Pasi]] in the snow, close to the Israeli border in South-Lebanon, 1998](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Snowsisu.jpg?width=200 "UNIFIL [[Sisu Pasi]] in the snow, close to the Israeli border in South-Lebanon, 1998")
![[[Indonesian National Armed Forces]] UNIFIL peacekeepers, 2007](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/UN Medal Parade Lebanon.jpg?width=200 "[[Indonesian National Armed Forces]] UNIFIL peacekeepers, 2007")
Wikipedia
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Arabic: قوة الأمم المتحدة المؤقتة في لبنان, Hebrew: כוח האו"ם הזמני בלבנון), or UNIFIL (Arabic: يونيفيل, Hebrew: יוניפי״ל), is a UN peacekeeping mission established on 19 March 1978 by United Nations Security Council Resolutions 425 and 426, to confirm Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon which Israel had invaded five days prior, in order to ensure that the government of Lebanon would restore its effective authority in the area. The 1978 South Lebanon conflict came in the context of Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon and the Lebanese Civil War.
The mandate had to be adjusted twice, due to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982 and after the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000. Following the 2006 Lebanon War, the United Nations Security Council enhanced UNIFIL and decided that in addition to the original mandate, it would, among other things, monitor the cessation of hostilities; accompany and support the Lebanese Armed Forces as they deploy throughout the south of Lebanon; and extend its assistance to help ensure humanitarian access to civilian populations and the voluntary and safe return of displaced persons.
UNIFIL's mandate is renewed annually by the United Nations Security Council; it was most recently extended on 31 August 2022 with the passing of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2650. It is composed of 10,000 peacekeepers from 46 nations, tasked with helping the Lebanese Army keep the south of the country protected. Its funding is approved on an annual basis by the General Assembly. It had a budget of $474 million for the period July 2018 to June 2019.
