Colin Sheridan: Peacekeepers’ patience in Lebanon could turn to aggression

Force protection is becoming a priority for Unifil and it may need to change its posture and forcibly defend itself in the coming weeks

Irish troops on duty with the 124th Irish-Polish Battalion in Unifil, Lebanon, with members from the armed forces of Malta and Hungary. Picture: @DefenceForces

In August 2023, the US administration designated Lebanese non-government organisation (NGO) Green Without Borders (GWB) and its head, Zuhair Subhi Nahla, a Hezbollah affiliated entity.

This decision came as little surprise to those who knew anything about the environmental group and concluded years of unresolved investigations as to who and what they were, and why over a dozen horticultural sites started popping up close to the Blue Line in South Lebanon, usually near an Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) post.