Andrea Tenenti, a spokesman for the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon, said on Tuesday that Argentina intends to withdraw its troops from UNIFIL, Reuters reported.

“Argentina has asked its officers to go back,” Tenenti said at a U.N. press briefing, per the news service. The statement appeared to confirm two-week-old reporting that Javier Milei, the Argentinian president, made the decision to exit UNIFIL on Nov. 1.

JNS sought comment from the Argentinian embassy in Washington.

Israel has asked UNIFIL to exit certain areas ahead of its attacks on Hezbollah terror sites. The U.N. mission has declined to do so, putting itself in danger, Israel has said.

UNIFIL recently blamed “non-state actors” for ambushing a facility without naming Hezbollah.

(JNS)