24-year-old Pvt. Seán Rooney killed last week in attack on convoy, which passed through town not under force's mandate; Hezbollah terror group has not commented on incident
Lebanese terror chief calls extraction from Karish a 'red line' amid US-brokered maritime border talks; also rails at UNIFIL amendment stating peacekeepers operate 'independently'
Amid tensions over gas field and threats by Hezbollah, unanimous resolution extending UNIFIL deployment stresses 'risk that violations... could lead to a new conflict'
United Nations force on border says men in combat attire are holding live fire drills in its area of operations, and its personnel's movement is increasingly restricted
UNIFIL says a detachment was confronted by armed men in civilian clothes while on routine patrol in southern Lebanon, with group trying to take the soldiers' weapons
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