More than 500 Italian peacekeepering troops have arrived in Lebanon since Saturday, UN spokesman Alexander Ivanko said Sunday, and the remaining 500 were expected to arrive later Sunday.
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French General Alain Pellegrini, who commands UNIFIL, confirmed Israel has been destroying Hezbollah arms caches in territories it still occupies in the south, and on Friday the Israeli military said its forces had demolished an unspecified number of Hezbollah bunkers and armament.
Pellegrini said such actions violated the truce, as do reconnaissance missions by Israeli jets over Lebanese air space.
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Instead, the force will ensure a buffer zone along the Israeli-Lebanese border is free of Hezbollah fighters and arms, up to the Litani river about 30 kilometers (18 miles) to the north.
Haaretz
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