Since 1979, the UN peacekeeping mission UNIFIL has been trying to keep the peace in Lebanon

One Today / AvroTros, 1 October 2024                 

Now that Israel has launched a ground offensive in southern Lebanon

a new phase in the conflict in the Middle East begins. The UN peacekeeping mission UNIFIL has been trying to keep the warring parties apart for decades. But with little result. It causes 'pain in the heart' for veteran Bert Kleine Schaars, who was in Lebanon in the 1980s as a Dutch blue helmet.