Lebanon deposits maritime coordinates with UN

Three rockets were launched from near Qulaylah toward Israel; Israeli artillery returned fire near Zibqin. UNIFIL said no organisation had claimed responsibility and that the incident violated...

The United States sent Lebanon and Israel a framework letter setting terms for indirect maritime boundary talks. The framework later underpinned negotiations hosted at Naqoura.

The UN Secretary-General welcomed the two governments’ announcement of agreement on their maritime dispute and emphasised the importance of implementing resolution 1701.

Letters dated 18 October were attached to the later exchange constituting the maritime boundary agreement. The arrangement addressed offshore boundaries without resolving the land border.

Through separate letters mediated by the United States, Lebanon and Israel agreed on a maritime boundary. UN representatives received coordinates at Naqoura. The accord did not establish diplomatic...

The Lebanon–Israel exchange of letters was registered with the UN Treaty Secretariat under number 57582. Registration provides a formal treaty record; it does not settle disputed land boundaries.

UN Treaty records register a communication by Lebanon relating to the 2022 maritime agreement. This is a later treaty-record development, not a separate armed resistance action.

Hezbollah and Israeli forces began exchanges of fire across the Blue Line. Hezbollah presented its operations as solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza; the fighting displaced civilians on both sides.

Human Rights Watch verified footage of Israeli white phosphorus airbursts at Boustane on this date; the mayor said many villagers were still present. Civilian exposure and displacement became...

Human Rights Watch identified visual evidence of white phosphorus use at Kafr Kila and Mays al-Jabal on this date. The evidence forms part of its investigation of civilian risks.