The United Nations peacekeeping force in south Lebanon has urged the Israeli military to speed up its withdrawal from the area, nearly a month after a ceasefire came into effect, AFP reports.

“Unifil strongly urges accelerated progress in the IDF’s (Israeli military) withdrawal from and the LAF’s (Lebanese army) deployment in south Lebanon,” the force said in a statement, calling on “all actors to cease and refrain from violations of resolution 1701 and any actions that could jeopardise the fragile stability that currently prevails. “