Claudio Graziano, commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) recently stated that Israel is violating the tenets of U.N. Resolution 1701 by flying over Lebanon, refusing to help remove unexploded cluster bombs fired during the second Lebanon war of July-August of 2006, and failing to withdraw from Lebanon's Al Ghajar village.
By contrast, Graziano said Hezbollah accepted Resolution 1701 and is abiding by it, and stressed that UNIFIL has developed an excellent collaboration with Hezbollah and local Lebanese. Israel, however, has been accused of violating Lebanon's air space on several occasions.
UNIFIL is deployed in southern Lebanon (south of Litani River), mainly along the United Nations-drawn Blue Line, which is the border between Lebanon and Israel. UNIFIL is in charge of monitoring military activity from Hezbollah and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), aimed at reducing tensions along that border.