UNIFIL Under Fire: Peacekeeping at the Edge of a Regional War

The role of UN peacekeeping is facing one of its most severe stress tests in decades, and UNIFIL sits at the epicentre of this challenge. This intelligence product by Global Eye Intelligence delivers a clear, strategic assessment of how the Israel–Lebanon conflict has exposed structural weaknesses, political constraints, and operational risks embedded within modern peacekeeping missions.

The analysis traces the origins, mandate, and operational scope of UNIFIL, while critically examining why its presence has failed to prevent militarisation, cross-border escalation, and repeated violations along the Blue Line. It evaluates Israel’s long-standing criticism of UNIFIL’s effectiveness, Hezbollah’s ability to operate within civilian and monitoring blind spots, and the resulting erosion of deterrence credibility. The report also assesses recent attacks, diplomatic backlash, and the growing risk to peacekeepers operating in an increasingly kinetic environment.

Beyond diagnosis, this product explores future scenarios—from mandate recalibration and force restructuring to mission fatigue and strategic irrelevance. It highlights what the UNIFIL case reveals about peacekeeping in hybrid war zones where non-state actors, proxy dynamics, and political paralysis converge.

Why this matters now: peacekeeping failures often signal wider regional breakdowns before wars expand. Those who understand these warning signs early gain strategic foresight; those who don’t react only after escalation becomes unavoidable.

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