Israeli forces allegedly opened fire at United Nations peacekeeping forces at three different positions in Lebanon over the last 24 hours, with two peacekeepers hospitalized with minor injuries, the UN said.
Israeli soldiers “deliberately fired and disabled” UN security cameras and fired at a UN base in southern Lebanon, “hitting the entrance to the bunker where peacekeepers were sheltering, and damaging vehicles and a communications system,” the UN mission alleged in a statement.
The UN peacekeeping mission said it was “following up” with Israel about the attacks, noting that “any deliberate attack on peacekeepers is a grave violation of international humanitarian law.” The Israeli Defense Forces have not commented on the allegations.
MessyCoco on
Well this certainly isn’t good for the current global order
Electronic_Main_2254 on
How dare they complain after the IDF literally warned them to evacuate and they refused and after the UN peacekeeper themselves did nothing since 2006 (and now the IDF is cleaning their mess).
This is just a combination of hypocrisy and stupidity at its best.
HeywoodJaBlessMe on
What has UNIFIL been doing for the last year? They didnt seem to do much in Southern Lebanon.
Did they enforce 1701? Doesnt seem like it.
Is UNIFIL compromised like UNRWA?
ExaminationHuman5959 on
Considering Hezbollah has used UN equipment to attack Israel in the past, is it out of line to think Hezbollah may have access to those UN camera feeds?
dnext on
UNIFIL went so far as to post IDF troop movements on it’s public facing website during the 2010 war, and UNIFIL soldiers helped 2 terrorist detainees escape confinement and dressed them as UNIFIL soldiers to get them back to Hezbollah.
In the meantime it’s role to help the Lebanese military occupy and ensure no Hezbollah presence in Southern Lebanon is completely unachieved, with Hezbollah dominating that neutral area and firing thousands of rockets into Israel over the last year from territory that is supposed to be ‘safe’ but is really the strongpoint of Hezbollah.
They should be withdrawn, immediately. They clearly have failed in their mandate.
Semmcity on
Not condoning firing upon the UN at all- but if this conflict has taught me anything it’s that the UN is completely useless at best and actively bad at worst.
Titerito_ on
Israël has been asking the peacekeepers to leave the area for a few days without success. The UN couldn’t miss an opportunity to find something else to pin on Israel…
Patrick_Hill_One on
To shoot at UN troops on purpose make me wonder why the IDF want them gone…
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**Submission Statement:**
Israeli forces allegedly opened fire at United Nations peacekeeping forces at three different positions in Lebanon over the last 24 hours, with two peacekeepers hospitalized with minor injuries, the UN said.
Israeli soldiers “deliberately fired and disabled” UN security cameras and fired at a UN base in southern Lebanon, “hitting the entrance to the bunker where peacekeepers were sheltering, and damaging vehicles and a communications system,” the UN mission alleged in a statement.
The UN peacekeeping mission said it was “following up” with Israel about the attacks, noting that “any deliberate attack on peacekeepers is a grave violation of international humanitarian law.” The Israeli Defense Forces have not commented on the allegations.
Well this certainly isn’t good for the current global order
How dare they complain after the IDF literally warned them to evacuate and they refused and after the UN peacekeeper themselves did nothing since 2006 (and now the IDF is cleaning their mess).
This is just a combination of hypocrisy and stupidity at its best.
What has UNIFIL been doing for the last year? They didnt seem to do much in Southern Lebanon.
Did they enforce 1701? Doesnt seem like it.
Is UNIFIL compromised like UNRWA?
Considering Hezbollah has used UN equipment to attack Israel in the past, is it out of line to think Hezbollah may have access to those UN camera feeds?
UNIFIL went so far as to post IDF troop movements on it’s public facing website during the 2010 war, and UNIFIL soldiers helped 2 terrorist detainees escape confinement and dressed them as UNIFIL soldiers to get them back to Hezbollah.
In the meantime it’s role to help the Lebanese military occupy and ensure no Hezbollah presence in Southern Lebanon is completely unachieved, with Hezbollah dominating that neutral area and firing thousands of rockets into Israel over the last year from territory that is supposed to be ‘safe’ but is really the strongpoint of Hezbollah.
They should be withdrawn, immediately. They clearly have failed in their mandate.
Not condoning firing upon the UN at all- but if this conflict has taught me anything it’s that the UN is completely useless at best and actively bad at worst.
Israël has been asking the peacekeepers to leave the area for a few days without success. The UN couldn’t miss an opportunity to find something else to pin on Israel…
To shoot at UN troops on purpose make me wonder why the IDF want them gone…