[Jerusalem Post] Yaakov Katz - High-ranking officers from the French contingent of UNIFIL have recently complained of being mistreated by Lebanese villagers - under orders from Hizbullah - due to their decision to deploy a UAV squadron in southern Lebanon to conduct intelligence-gathering missions. French officers told IDF officers in the Northern Command that shopkeepers in southern Lebanese villages are not allowed to sell them food or supplies. Sources in the Northern Command said the French contingent - together with Spanish and Italian soldiers - were doing an exemplary job at preventing Hizbullah from reestablishing its terror infrastructure in southern Lebanon and were particularly effective in locating and destroying Hizbullah weapon caches. "Because they are actually doing their job they are being harassed and threatened by Hizbullah," explained an IDF officer.
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