UN Security Council voices “strong concern” for peacekeepers in Lebanon

Source: euronews [EU]

“Israel’s attacks on UN peacekeepers have drawn international condemnation, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling the accusations that Israel deliberately attacked UNIFIL personnel ‘completely false.’ The UN Security Council expressed ‘strong concern’ on Monday over Israel’s attacks on UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, known as UNIFIL. Israeli strikes have reportedly injured at least five members of UNIFIL in separate attacks, a move that has drawn international condemnation, with Italy, the UK, France and Germany releasing a joint statement reminding Israel that deliberate attacks on peacekeepers are against international law. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has demanded UNIFIL ‘temporarily leave the combat zone,’ insisting that ‘the charge that Israel deliberately attacked UNIFIL personnel is completely false.'” (10/15/24)

https://www.euronews.com/2024/10/15/netanyahu-doubles-down-on-demand-that-unifil-leaves-combat-zone