At the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, the United Nations has reiterated its call for de-escalation on the Lebanese-Israeli border. “For the end of Ramadan, on the occasion of Eid El Fitr, UNIFIL calls for a return to the cessation of hostilities, and a move towards a permanent ceasefire and a long-term solution to the conflict,” the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said in a statement on Wednesday. Since the beginning of the Gaza war after the massacre by the Islamist Hamas in Israel on October 7th, there have been daily, sometimes deadly, confrontations between Is…