Lebanon: French photographer documents daily life of UNIFIL peacekeepers in the south
Edouard Elias spent a week with the French contingent of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon to document the daily reality of this peacekeeping mission.
French photographer Edouard Elias spent a week embedded with the French contingent of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), according to Le Monde. This immersion aimed to document the daily lives of soldiers deployed in the country's south, a region marked for decades by tensions tied to the Israeli-Lebanese conflict.
UNIFIL, established by the United Nations, has the mission of monitoring the demarcation line between Lebanon and Israel and contributing to regional peace. The French contingent forms one of the components of this multinational force on the ground.
According to Le Monde, Edouard Elias's work is part of a reporting effort designed to show through images the reality of this peacekeeping mission, which often remains unknown to the general public despite its continuous presence in the region for several decades.
The photographer was thus able to follow French soldiers in their daily activities, offering a window into the conditions under which this UN mission operates in southern Lebanon.
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