Blue Line

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The Blue Line is the United Nations-demarcated boundary used to confirm Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon and to monitor tensions between the two countries.

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Label Occurrences
Blue Line canonical 6

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations demarcation line ⓘ
international boundary line ⓘ
abbreviation UNIFIL monitoring line ⓘ
associatedWith Hezbollah–Israel tensions ⓘ
South Lebanon security situation ⓘ
countryBorderBetween Israel ⓘ
Lebanon ⓘ
demarcatedBy United Nations ⓘ
demarcationPurpose to confirm Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon ⓘ
to monitor tensions between Israel and Lebanon ⓘ
disclaimerByUN does not prejudice future border agreements between Israel and Lebanon ⓘ
enforcementMechanism UN peacekeeping presence rather than border police ⓘ
establishedBy United Nations Security Council ⓘ
followsBorderOf Lebanese Republic ⓘ
linked to: Lebanon

State of Israel ⓘ
linked to: Israel
function ceasefire monitoring line ⓘ
technical border demarcation ⓘ
geopoliticalSignificance high ⓘ
governingBody United Nations Security Council ⓘ
hasLanguageVariant הקו הכחול ⓘ
خط الهدنة الأزرق ⓘ
hasMapRepresentation UN cartographic maps of Israel–Lebanon boundary ⓘ
hasType armistice line ⓘ
monitoring line ⓘ
isSubjectOf international law discussions on borders and armistice lines ⓘ
legalBasis United Nations Security Council resolutions on Israel–Lebanon ⓘ
locatedInRegion Middle East ⓘ
locatedInSubregion Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region
maintainedBy United Nations cartographic services ⓘ
monitoredBy United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon ⓘ
notOfficialInternationalBorder true ⓘ
oversightBy United Nations Department of Peace Operations ⓘ
relatedTo Israeli security barrier segments near Lebanon ⓘ
Lebanon–Israel border ⓘ
relatedToConflict Arab–Israeli conflict ⓘ
Israeli–Lebanese conflict ⓘ
securityRole reference line for UNIFIL patrols ⓘ
separates Israeli-controlled territory ⓘ
Lebanese-controlled territory ⓘ
status disputed in some segments ⓘ
subjectOf UN Security Council reports on Lebanon ⓘ
border demarcation disputes ⓘ
timePeriod post-2000 Israel withdrawal from South Lebanon ⓘ
usedFor monitoring of cross-border incidents ⓘ
reference in UN peacekeeping operations ⓘ
verification of Israeli military withdrawal from Lebanon ⓘ

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