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- Major General Diodato Abagnara says UN peacekeepers will withdraw from Lebanon by the end of 2026.
- UN Security Council ordered UNIFIL to begin withdrawing at the end of 2026.
- More than half of UNIFIL posts lie in areas now controlled by Israeli forces, complicating handover to Lebanese troops.
- Lebanon has asked the UN for an extension of UNIFIL’s mandate beyond 2026.