For more than four decades, UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon have tried to keep the peace between Israel and Lebanon. They have not always been successful. As tensions flare yet again on the Blue Line that divides the two countries, Rebecca Collard visits the UN peacekeeping base just a few miles from the tense border. Hassan Harfoush contributed to this report.
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