Here, The Independent looks at why there are UN peacekeepers in Lebanon and why Netanyahu has claimed they’re helping Hezbollah. UNIFIL was set up in 1978 to monitor Israel’s withdrawal from the south of the country after its invasion at the time, and ensure that militant groups did not operate on the Lebanese border.

The United Nations has insisted it will not withdraw its peacekeepers from Lebanon despite repeated demands by Israel for them to move out of the area.